@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between parent-child triangulation and early adolescent depression in Hong Kong: the mediating roles of self-acceptance, positive relations and personal growth",
journal="Children and youth services review",
year="2020",
author="Kwok, Sylvia Y. C. L. and Gu, Minmin and Synchaisuksawat, Pasyn and Wong, Wikki W. K.",
volume="109",
number="",
pages="e104676-e104676",
abstract="This study aims to (1) investigate the relationship between parent-child triangulation and early adolescents' depressive symptoms, and (2) examine whether such relationship was mediated by early adolescents' protective factors, i.e. self-acceptance, positive relation, and personal growth. A cross-sectional survey employing convenience sampling was conducted, which recruited 618 Grade 5 and 8 students from three primary schools and two secondary schools in Hong Kong, China. Parent-child triangulation was positively correlated with adolescents' depressive symptoms while self-acceptance, positive relation, and personal growth were negatively correlated with early adolescents' depressive symptoms. Only positive relation mediated the relationship between parent-child triangulation and adolescents' depressive symptoms, and this mediating pathway existed for the female sample only. The results of this study imply that although exposure to parent-child triangulation adversely impacts adolescents' interpersonal relationships, even the decreased level of the positive relation to some extent protects them against the negative consequences of parent-child triangulation. More research is called for to explicate how protective factors might constitute additional mediating mechanisms for the relationship between parent-child triangulation and child development.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0190-7409",
doi="10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104676",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104676"
}