This study examines the mechanism of maternal parenting stress on marital satisfaction based on the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model (VSAM), and draws on the needs theory to explore the role of alone time in marital relationships under different solitude preferences. The marital satisfaction Scale, Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), Parenting Stress Scale (PSS), Preference for Solitude Scale (PSS), and alone time scale were used to conduct a questionnaire survey of 1,387 Chinese mothers in their parenting stage. The results found that: (1) in the overall group and the high and low solitude preference level group, depression plays a significant mediating role between parenting stress and marital satisfaction. (2) For mothers who prefer solitude, alone time can reduce the positive impact of parenting stress on depression, and but it cannot alleviate the negative impact of parenting stress and depression on marital satisfaction. (3) In the low solitude preference level group, alone time can aggravate the positive impact of parenting stress on depression and the negative impact of parenting stress on marital satisfaction.
At least 95 million people in China now suffer from depression, and cases of depression and suicide are increasingly common among younger people. This paper aims to study whether CSE is a mediating variable of SES influencing depression and the differences between men and women variables, and then provide practical reference to effectively prevent and relieve the depression. This paper uses the data of CGSS (Chinese General Social Survey) in 2017. Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS 24.0 and used the PROCESS macro for SPSS (Model 4) to investigate the mediating effect of CSE in the relationship between SES and depression. According to the research results, SES is significantly related to the depression of the Chinese. CSE is a mediating variable between SES and depression and the male and female groups were basically consistent with the total group results.
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