Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study
Abstract Background An extensive literature has shown a strong connection between maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. However, it has been difficult for previous research to map a dynamic concurrent and prospective relationships within and between types of parenting p...
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| description | Abstract Background An extensive literature has shown a strong connection between maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. However, it has been difficult for previous research to map a dynamic concurrent and prospective relationships within and between types of parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. The present study addressed these issues using a network analysis approach and a longitudinal design. Methods This study involved 591 Chinese adolescents (249 males; mean age at T1 = 13.53) and their mothers (mean age at T1 = 39.71) at two time points (T1 and T2) with eighteen months apart. Mothers reported their parenting practices including warmth, monitoring, inductive reasoning, hostility, and harshness, while adolescents reported their mental health problems including anxiety, depression, aggression, and conduct problems. Network analysis was conducted for contemporaneous networks at T1 and T2 and temporal networks from T1 to T2. Results The contemporaneous networks revealed the negative association between monitoring and conduct problems served as the main pathway through which parenting practices and adolescent mental health mutually influenced each other, and further, warmth was the most influential parenting practice on adolescent mental health. The temporal network revealed that maternal hostility exerted the most influence on adolescent mental health problems, whereas adolescents’ depression was most influenced by maternal parenting practices. Moreover, maternal hostility was most predicted by maternal harshness. Conclusions This study presents a novel perspective to gain a better understanding of the dynamics between and within maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. Findings highlight maternal harshness and warmth as potential prevention and intervention targets for adolescent mental health problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01ddcf9b5dce42dcbb8af33bb423a0a82024-03-24T12:10:42ZengBMCChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health1753-20002024-03-0118111210.1186/s13034-024-00728-wNetwork analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal studyXinlu Sun0Ting Yuan1Feifei Chen2Yan Li3Nengzhi Jiang4School of Psychology, Shandong Second Medical UniversitySchool of Psychology, Shandong Second Medical UniversitySchool of Psychology, Shandong Second Medical UniversityDepartment of Psychology, DePaul UniversitySchool of Psychology, Shandong Second Medical UniversityAbstract Background An extensive literature has shown a strong connection between maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. However, it has been difficult for previous research to map a dynamic concurrent and prospective relationships within and between types of parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. The present study addressed these issues using a network analysis approach and a longitudinal design. Methods This study involved 591 Chinese adolescents (249 males; mean age at T1 = 13.53) and their mothers (mean age at T1 = 39.71) at two time points (T1 and T2) with eighteen months apart. Mothers reported their parenting practices including warmth, monitoring, inductive reasoning, hostility, and harshness, while adolescents reported their mental health problems including anxiety, depression, aggression, and conduct problems. Network analysis was conducted for contemporaneous networks at T1 and T2 and temporal networks from T1 to T2. Results The contemporaneous networks revealed the negative association between monitoring and conduct problems served as the main pathway through which parenting practices and adolescent mental health mutually influenced each other, and further, warmth was the most influential parenting practice on adolescent mental health. The temporal network revealed that maternal hostility exerted the most influence on adolescent mental health problems, whereas adolescents’ depression was most influenced by maternal parenting practices. Moreover, maternal hostility was most predicted by maternal harshness. Conclusions This study presents a novel perspective to gain a better understanding of the dynamics between and within maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. Findings highlight maternal harshness and warmth as potential prevention and intervention targets for adolescent mental health problems.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00728-wMaternal parenting practicesAdolescent mental healthContemporaneous networkTemporal network |
| spellingShingle | Xinlu Sun Ting Yuan Feifei Chen Yan Li Nengzhi Jiang Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health Maternal parenting practices Adolescent mental health Contemporaneous network Temporal network |
| title | Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study |
| title_full | Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study |
| title_fullStr | Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study |
| title_short | Network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems: a longitudinal study |
| title_sort | network analysis of maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems a longitudinal study |
| topic | Maternal parenting practices Adolescent mental health Contemporaneous network Temporal network |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00728-w |
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