Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Longitudinal Links with Maternal Empathy and Psychological Control
Originally published 2016-08-01 · Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Springer Science and Business Media LLC · DOI 10.1007/s10802-015-0106-8 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
What can empathy and psychological control tell us about adolescent emotional well-being?
Connects maternal empathy with psychological control and adolescents’ depressive symptoms, while recognizing adolescent-to-parent pathways. Kindness is framed as understanding another person’s perspective, not as a substitute for mental-health care.
Who was studied?
A predominantly Dutch community sample of 497 adolescents and their mothers.
Age / stage: Approximately 13–18 years
Read with three questions
- How were cognitive and affective maternal empathy measured?
- Which findings suggested adolescents also influenced parental responses?
- How did pathways differ by gender or stage of adolescence?
Keep the limits in view
Questionnaire-based observational models cannot establish treatment effects. The predominantly Dutch, relatively advantaged sample limits generalization; it shares the RADAR cohort with related articles.
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Lente L. A. A. Werner; Jolien Van der Graaff; Wim H. J. Meeus; Susan J. T. Branje (2016). Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Longitudinal Links with Maternal Empathy and Psychological Control Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-015-0106-8
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