The Relationship Between Parent-child Attachment And Adolescent Depression

Adolescents are in a special period.Due to pressure from schools,families and society,adolescents’ emotions tend to fluctuate.And it affects their normal learning and life.At present,depression has a high incidence in adolescents,which has a negative impact on adolescents’ mental health.Moreover,attachment theory believes that the safe parent-child attachment relationship between children and parents can predict the occurrence of depressive symptoms in adolescents.However,the current mechanism of parent-child attachment affecting adolescent depression is not well understood.Therefore,based on the theory of attachment,this study explores the effects of parent-child attachment on adolescent depression and its mechanism.Using the Youth Attachment Questionnaire,the Teacher-Student Attachment Scale,the Adolescent Mental Resilience Scale,and the Adolescent Depression Scale,547 junior high school students from three full-time secondary schools were surveyed.The results showed that:(1)There is a significant correlation between maternal and child attachment,father-and-child attachment,teacher-student attachment,individual resilience,and depression.Mother-child attachment and father-child attachment have a significant negative predictive effect on depression.(2)Teacher-student attachment and individual resilience play a partial intermediary role in the relationship between mother-child attachment and depression.Specifically,mother-child attachment affects depression through two paths: one is the individual mediating effect of individual resilience;the other is the chain mediating effect of teacher-student attachment → individual resilience.(3)Teacher-student attachment and individual resilience play a full intermediary role in the relationship between father-child attachment and depression.Specifically,father-child attachment affects depression through three paths: one is the separate intermediary role of teacher-student attachment;the second is the individual mediating effect of individual resilience;the third is the chain-mediated role of teacher-student attachment→personal resilience.This study reveals the relationship between parent-child attachment,teacher-student attachment,individual resilience and depression,and its mechanism,based on the previous studies of the relationship between parent-child attachment and adolescent depression.To combine various factors affecting adolescent depression,it provides a theoretical basis for the social work practice of preventing or intervening depression in the family,school and individual.