尽管已知育儿报告中的亲子差异与儿童抑郁症状有关,因果关系的方向是未知的。为了解决这个知识差距,这项研究有助于现有的文献,通过检查纵向的家庭内联系之间的亲子关系之间的差异在他们的报告中的自主支持和抑郁症状的儿童,同时评估这些与父母抑郁症状的联系。此外,这项研究探讨了这些联系是否因父亲与母子差异而有所不同。497名青少年(56.9%的男孩,法师在T1=13.03,SD=0.46),他们的母亲(N=495),和他们的父亲(N=446)的荷兰研究青少年发展和关系(RADAR)。与预期相反,随机拦截交叉滞后面板模型的结果没有提供家庭内交叉滞后效应的证据。相反,家庭之间的稳定差异解释了联系;在儿童平均报告抑郁症状水平较高的家庭中,儿童还报告说,相对于父母,他们的自主支持水平较低。亲子差异与父母的抑郁症状之间没有关联。因此,研究结果表明,抑郁症状既不是后果,也不是青春期亲子差异的预测因子。这项研究的假设和分析计划已在开放科学框架的项目中进行了预先注册。
Although parent-child discrepancies in
reports of parenting are known to be associated with child depressive symptoms, the direction of causality is unknown. To address this knowledge gap, this study contributes to existing literature by examining longitudinal within-family linkages between parent-child discrepancies in their
reports on autonomy support and depressive symptoms of children, while also assessing these linkages with parents\' depressive symptoms. In addition, this study explored whether these linkages differ for father- versus mother-child discrepancies. Longitudinal data (six annual waves) of 497 adolescents (56.9% boys, Mage at T1 = 13.03, SD = 0.46), their mothers (N = 495), and their fathers (N = 446) of the Dutch study Research on Adolescent Development and Relationships (RADAR) were used. Counter to expectations, the results of a Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model provided no evidence for within-family cross-lagged effects. Instead, stable differences between families explained linkages; in families where children reported on average higher levels of depressive symptoms, children also reported lower levels of autonomy support relative to their parents. There were no associations between parent-child discrepancies and parents\' depressive symptoms. Thus, the findings suggest that depressive symptoms are neither a consequence, nor a predictor of parent-child discrepancies in adolescence. The hypotheses and analytical plan of this study were preregistered in a project on the Open Science Framework.