TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - The relationship between parent-child triangulation and early adolescent depression in Hong Kong: the mediating roles of self-acceptance, positive relations and personal growth
JO  - Children and youth services review
A1  - Kwok, Sylvia Y. C. L.
A1  - Gu, Minmin
A1  - Synchaisuksawat, Pasyn
A1  - Wong, Wikki W. K.
SP  - e104676
EP  - e104676
VL  - 109
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0190-7409
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104676
ID  - ref1
ER  -