Association of family economic status and parent-child relationship with depressive symptoms in adolescents

LIAO Xiaoting; HUANG Jiongli; ZOU Zengli; LI Zhongyou; LI Hai

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025255

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LIAO Xiaoting, HUANG Jiongli, ZOU Zengli, LI Zhongyou, LI Hai. Association of family economic status and parent-child relationship with depressive symptoms in adolescents[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(8): 1111-1115. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025255

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LIAO Xiaoting, HUANG Jiongli, ZOU Zengli, LI Zhongyou, LI Hai. Association of family economic status and parent-child relationship with depressive symptoms in adolescents[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(8): 1111-1115. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025255

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LIAO Xiaoting, HUANG Jiongli, ZOU Zengli, LI Zhongyou, LI Hai. Association of family economic status and parent-child relationship with depressive symptoms in adolescents[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2025, 46(8): 1111-1115. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025255

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Association of family economic status and parent-child relationship with depressive symptoms in adolescents

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2025255

School of Public Health and Management, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

Received Date: 2025-05-26
Rev Recd Date: 2025-07-31

Available Online: 2025-08-30

Publish Date: 2025-08-25

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Objective To analyse the influence path of family economic status on adolescent depressive symptoms, and to explore the chained mediation role of peer relationship and self-satisfaction, as well as the moderating effect of the parent-child relationship, so as to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and control of adolescent depressive symptoms. Methods Data were obtained from the Database of Youth Health (DYH) in the National Population Health Science Data Center, and a total of 11 277 samples were included. Questionnaires were used to obtain information on family economic status, peer relationship, self-satisfaction, parent-child relationship and depressive symptoms. Spearman correlation analysis was used to examine correlations among variables. Hierarchical linear regression analysis was used to analyze effects of family economic status and parent-child relationship on depressive symptom scores. The Process macro program was adopted to test the chained mediating effects of peer relationship and self-satisfaction and the moderating effect of parent-child relationship. Results The prevalence rate of depressive symptoms among adolescents was 24.2%. The prevalence rates of depressive symptoms significantly differed among adolescents with different family economic status and places of residence(χ²=210.12, 4.18, both P < 0.05). Adolescents with depressive symptoms had significantly lower scores on peer relationship, self-satisfaction, and parent-child relationship compared to those without depressive symptoms (t=27.76, 42.43, 31.12, all P < 0.05). Family economic status were negatively correlated with adolescent depressive symptom scores (B=-0.12, P < 0.05).Parent-child relationship was negatively correlated with depressive symptom scores (B=-0.02, P < 0.05). After introducing the parent-child relationship, the negative effect of family economic conditions was reduced (B=-0.08, P < 0.01). Family economic conditions affected depressive symptoms through the chained mediating pathway involving peer relationship (B=2.07) and self-satisfaction (B=3.88)(both P < 0.05). The parent-child relationship moderated this pathway: under conditions of high-quality parent-child relationship, the effect of family economic status on peer relationships was weaker (B=0.15); under low-quality parent-child relationship, the positive effect of family economic status on peer relationships was enhanced (B=1.15) (both P < 0.01). Conclusions Family economic status exert both direct and chain-mediating effects on adolescent depression, and high-quality parent-child relationship can play a protective moderation role. For economically disadvantaged families, it is critical to synergistically enhance parent-child relationship and social support in order to reduce depression risk among adolescents.
- Parent-child relations,
- Economic status,
- Regression analysis,
- Adolescent

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