Different Effects of Paternal and Maternal Attachment on Psychological Health Among Chinese Secondary School Students

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• 作者：Yangu Pan ; Dajun Zhang ; Yanling Liu ; Guangming Ran…
• 关键词：Paternal attachment ; Maternal attachment ; Psychological health ; Gender and age difference ; One ; child difference
• 刊名：Journal of Child and Family Studies
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：25
• 期：10
• 页码：2998-3008
• 全文大小：497 KB
• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Psychology
  Child and School Psychology
  Social Sciences
  Sociology
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-2843
• 卷排序：25

文摘

Many studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of parental attachment on adolescent development. However, few studies have specifically investigated the different effects of paternal attachment and maternal attachment on adolescent development. The current study examined the different effects of paternal attachment and maternal attachment on adolescent psychological health (e.g., self-esteem, depression, life-satisfaction), and the moderating roles of gender, age, and one-child status. Participants were 1506 secondary school students (50.2 % male, grades 7–12) from six regions of China. Results suggested that paternal attachment had stronger effects on adolescents’ depressive symptoms than did maternal attachment after controlling for all covariates (e.g., family setting, gender, grade, one-child status, father’s and mother’s education levels). Moreover, multi-group analysis indicated that the stronger impact of paternal attachment on depressive symptoms in comparison to maternal attachment was only evident in high school boys and only children. This study demonstrated the important role of father–adolescent attachment in adolescent psychological health. Future research, clinical implications, and limitations of the present study are discussed.