Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
The relationship between harsh parenting and adolescent depression
Originally published 2023-11-24 · Scientific Reports
Nature Publishing Group · DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-48138-w ↗
Editorial reading guide · Respect
What might my teenager still be thinking about long after a disagreement ends?
The study places adolescents’ reports of family discipline alongside peer experiences and repeated negative thinking.
Who was studied?
Five thousand and forty-seven adolescents completing measures of harsh parenting, bullying, rumination and depression.
Age / stage: Adolescence
Read with three questions
- How were rumination, school bullying and harsh discipline distinguished in the analysis?
- Whose perspective is represented by the ratings, and whose perspective is missing?
- What might my teenager still be thinking about long after a disagreement ends?
Keep the limits in view
Reports from this sample may reflect who participated and how the questions were worded. Associations alone do not establish that a parenting response caused the outcome.
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Mengge Li; Jirui Wang; Peng Ma; Wenyan Sun; Huoliang Gong; Yuan Gao (2023). The relationship between harsh parenting and adolescent depression Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48138-w
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