Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Family communication patterns and adolescent depressive symptoms: sequential mediating effects of hedonic capacity and anger expression
Originally published 2026-08-31 · Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers Media SA · DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1738349 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
Does our family invite a teenager to offer a different view?
Family conversation patterns and pressure to conform are considered alongside emotional experience over time. These are different ways of organizing a conversation at home.
Who was studied?
729 adolescents from five Chinese high schools, surveyed twice over six months.
Age / stage: High school students
Read with three questions
- Which parts of the proposed pathway were measured six months apart?
- Were the same families observed at each time point, and how were missing observations handled?
- How does the study distinguish one family member’s report from a shared account?
Keep the limits in view
Following families over time helps establish temporal order. Baseline differences, changes outside the study and loss to follow-up can still influence associations.
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Feng Huang; Ning Hao; Wen-yi Xiao; Chi-son Kuan; Xin-li Chi; Chao Yan (2026). Family communication patterns and adolescent depressive symptoms: sequential mediating effects of hedonic capacity and anger expression Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1738349
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