父母冲突、亲子关系与青少年抑郁的关系:独生与非独生的调节作用

以452名青少年及其父母为被试，采用问卷法考察亲子关系在父母冲突与青少年抑郁关系间的中介作用，以及独生与非独生对上述中介作用的调节作用。结果发现：（1）独生家庭的母子关系和父子关系显著优于非独生家庭；独生与非独生家庭的父母冲突没有显著差异；（2）父母冲突正向预测青少年抑郁，母子亲密与母子冲突在父母冲突与青少年抑郁间发挥着中介作用，父子亲密与父子冲突的中介作用不显著；（3）母子亲密在父母冲突预测青少年抑郁中的中介作用在独生子女与非独生子女上没有差异，母子冲突的中介作用仅在独生子女上显著。研究结果显示，对于独生子女家庭而言，母亲应尤其注意将父母冲突所带来的消极情感消化在夫妻系统内部。

Marital Conflict,Parent-child Relationship and Adolescents' Depression in Chinese Only and Non-only Child Family

Based on the data from 452 adolescents and their parents, the present study investigated the mediating effects of parent-child relationship between marital conflict and adolescents' depression, and explored whether the effects were different on Chinese only and non-only child. Results showed that:(1)Compared with non-only child, the only child experienced higher level of mother-child closeness and father-child closeness, and lower level of mother-child conflict and father-child conflict, while the two groups had no difference in marital conflict. (2)Marital conflict positively predicted adolescents' depression, and mother-child relationship instead of father-child relationship partially mediated the pathway. (3)The mediation of mother-child conflict was significantly moderated by whether children were only or non-only child, the effect was found on the only child rather than non-only child. The mediation of mother-child closeness didn't differ between the only child and non-only child. These findings underlined the importance for mothers to resolve marital conflict in marital subsystem, rather than bringing them into parental subsystem, especially for those who have the only child.