The Role of Mindfulness in Mitigating the Detrimental Effects of Harsh Parenting among Chinese Adolescents: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model in a Three-Wave Study

Wenyan Sun, Tengfei Guo, Karen Spruyt and Zhijun Liu ()
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Wenyan Sun: School of Management, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China
Tengfei Guo: School of Vocational Education, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou 510665, China
Karen Spruyt: NeuroDiderot, INSERM, Université de Paris, 75019 Paris, France
Zhijun Liu: School of Management, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563000, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-16

Abstract: Based on the conservation of resources theory, this study aimed to investigate the mediating role of depressive symptoms and the moderating role of mindfulness in the association between harsh parenting and adolescent suicidal ideation in the Chinese cultural context. Using a three-wave (i.e., three months apart) data collection among 371 Chinese adolescents, this study found that depressive symptoms mediated the relationship between harsh parenting and adolescent suicidal ideation. Moreover, adolescent mindfulness mitigated the effects of harsh parenting on suicidal ideation, as well as the indirect effect of harsh parenting on suicidal ideation via depressive symptoms. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords: harsh parenting; depressive symptoms; suicidal ideation; mindfulness; Chinese adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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