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The Impact of Academic Achievement and Parental Practices on Depressive Symptom Trajectories Among Chinese Adolescents
Originally published 2021-05-13 · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Springer Science and Business Media LLC · DOI 10.1007/s10802-021-00826-9 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Independence
How can I think about autonomy support without treating grades as the sole sign that a teenager is doing well?
The study follows differing trajectories of depressive symptoms rather than assuming that every adolescent develops in the same way. It examines autonomy support and psychological control alongside academic achievement.
Who was studied?
2,576 students recruited from urban, suburban, and rural middle schools in central China.
Age / stage: Early adolescence; mean age 13 at baseline
Read with three questions
- What different symptom trajectories were identified?
- How were autonomy support, psychological control, and educational involvement related to trajectory membership?
- Why are trajectory associations not proof that parenting caused or prevented depression?
Keep the limits in view
The observational, self-report design cannot establish causation. Latent trajectory groups are analytical summaries, not diagnoses or predictions for an individual adolescent.
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Xingna Qin; Tessa Kaufman; Lydia Laninga-Wijnen; Ping Ren; Yunyun Zhang; René Veenstra (2021). The Impact of Academic Achievement and Parental Practices on Depressive Symptom Trajectories Among Chinese Adolescents Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-021-00826-9
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