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Parental Involvement and Adolescent Depression: An Application of the Social Stress Model

Cao, Jasmine
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1243879505

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2009, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Sociology.
It has been well-documented that the more parents are involved, the less likely adolescents are depressed. However, the mechanisms through which parental involvement are linked with adolescent depression are not clear. Applying the social stress model, this paper seeks to examine whether adolescent coping strategies mediate the relationship between parental involvement and adolescent depression, as well as whether social stressors moderate the association of parental involvement with adolescent depression. Also, this paper explores the varying effects of different types of parental involvement on adolescent depression; and whether parenting styles are more reactive or proactive in nature. Using data from National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health Wave I and Wave II, it is found that parental involvement reduces adolescent depression, but not through enhancing adolescent coping strategies. Parental involvement does moderate the effect of social stressors, but parental involvement is only beneficial when social stressors are low, not when they are high. It is noteworthy that shared activities play as important a role as does communication in reducing adolescent depression. Moreover, the effect of shared activities is more robust, as demonstrated by fixed effects models. Results from cross-lagged models provided evidence of both reactive and proactive parenting styles.
Raymond Swisher, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Alfred DeMaris, Ph.D (Committee Member)
Gary Oates, Ph.D (Committee Member)
59 p.
Social Psychology; Sociology
Parental Involvement; Adolescent Depresssion; Social Stressors; Coping Strategies

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  • Cao, J. (2009). Parental Involvement and Adolescent Depression: An Application of the Social Stress Model [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1243879505

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cao, Jasmine. Parental Involvement and Adolescent Depression: An Application of the Social Stress Model. 2009. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1243879505.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cao, Jasmine. "Parental Involvement and Adolescent Depression: An Application of the Social Stress Model." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1243879505

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