Parents’ and adolescents’ perceptions of parental involvement and their relationships with depression among Chinese middle school students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Keqiao Liu, Yang Yang, Miao Li, Siqi Li, Kai Sun and Yong Zhao

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 129, issue C

Abstract: Although psychological stress that adolescents may encounter during the COVID-19 pandemic has been of increasing interest to scholars, few studies have examined the profound impact that parents give to adolescents when staying indoors. This study surveyed 1,550 students and their parents from eight middle schools in eastern China. We employed multiple linear regressions with school fixed effects to examine the different perceptions of parental involvement between parents and children, and the relationships between these different types of parental involvement and depression in middle school students. Results indicated that discrepancies existed in their perceptions of behavioral aspects of parental involvement, including parental academic involvement, parent-teacher communication, and parent–child communication. Most saliently, higher levels of parental academic involvement (B = 0.051, p < 0.05) and lower levels of parent–child communication (B = -0.084, p < 0.05) perceived by students were associated with higher levels of depression. These findings contribute to the understanding of the association between parental involvement and students’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Depression; Parental Involvement; Middle School Students; COVID-19 Pandemic; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106190

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