若年期における親の温かさが子供のうつ病率を低下させる(Parental warmth during young adulthood decreases rates of depression in children)

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2024-01-30 ペンシルベニア州立大学(PennState)

◆ペンシルベニア州立大学の研究者らが行った研究によれば、若者期(19歳から26歳まで)の親の温かさの経験が、うつ病の発症率を減少させることが示されました。
◆この結果は、親が子供をサポートし、理解し、誇りを示すことが、若者期のうつ病を緩和するのに役立つことを示しており、親の温かさは若者が親元を離れてからも持続すれば、大人になっても効果があるとされています。研究は、親の温かさが大人になった子供のうつ病に与える影響を探るもので、若者期の親の温かさが大人になっても持続的に重要であることが示されました。

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親の温かさと若年成人のうつ病: 永続的効果と修正主義モデルの比較 Parental warmth and young adult depression: A comparison of enduring effects and revisionist models

Shichen Fang,Gregory M. Fosco and Mark E. Feinberg
Development and Psychopathology  Published:27 September 2023
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001207

Abstract

Guided by a novel analytic framework, this study investigates the developmental mechanism through which parental warmth is related to young adult depression. Data were from a large sample of participants followed from early adolescence to young adulthood (N = 1,988; 54% female). Using structural equation modeling, we estimated and compared competing developmental models – enduring effects vs. revisionist models – to assess whether parental warmth during adolescence had enduring or transient effects on depression in young adulthood. We also examined whether contemporaneous experiences of parental warmth in young adulthood were more salient than parental warmth in adolescence. Results supported the revisionist model: early intergenerational experiences in adolescence predicted psychopathology early in young adulthood, but their unique effects gradually diminished; whereas parental warmth in young adulthood continued to be protective of young adult depression. Effects of mother and father warmth on young adult depression were similar in pattern and magnitude. Results were held when accounting for covariates such as adolescent sex, family income status, and family structure. Young adult mental health interventions may consider targeting maintenance or improvement in parental warmth to help offset the long-term impact of adversity early in life.

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