The Mediating Effect of Emotion Inhibition and Emotion Regulation Between Adolescents' Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Depression. (August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ha, Jung Hee; Jue, Juliet
• Is Part Of: SAGE Open. Volume 8:Number 3(2018:Jul./Sep.)
• Publication Date: 2018-08
• Subjects: adolescent -- parental psychological control -- emotion inhibition -- emotion regulation -- depression; Social sciences -- Periodicals; 300.5
• DOI: 10.1177/2158244018793680
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2158-2440

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between parental psychological control (PPC) as perceived by adolescents, emotion inhibition, emotion regulation, and depression in adolescents using a structural equation model. The participants were 316 middle school students in metropolitan areas of South Korea who completed the Domain-Specific Assessment of Psychological Control (DAPC), Children's Sadness Management Scale (CSMS) and Children's Anger Management Scale (CAMS), and the Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression Scale (CES-D) survey. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, structural model verification, and bootstrap analysis. The results of this study indicated that PPC had a direct effect on depression. In addition, PPC had a significant effect on the emotion inhibition of dysfunctional emotion regulation, and emotion inhibition significantly affected depression. Therefore, emotion inhibition had a mediating effect between PPC and depression. Finally, this study's implications and limitations are presented.