Parent-peer attachment, negative automatic thoughts and psychological problems among Pakistani adolescents: A moderated mediation model

Irfan, Siddrah; Zulkefly, Nor Sheereen

doi:10.1007/s12144-021-01599-6

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“…We also found that a stronger perceived IPC was associated with a more serious the NT, and that NT can also significantly predict the level of perceived IPC. In addition, we found a significant correlation between NT and depression, which is consistent with existing work (Irfan and Zulkefly, 2021). This finding indicates that there is an interaction between depression and NT, whereby more NT is associated with a higher level of depression, and, in turn, the level of depression can also predict NT (Mazzer et al, 2019;Whisman et al, 2020).…”

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The reciprocal relationships between Chinese children’s perception of interparental conflict, negative thinking, and depression symptoms: A cross-lagged study

Yang

Meng²,

Qi³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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The present longitudinal study used the traditional cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) and autoregressive latent trajectory model with structured residuals (ALT-SR) to examine the relationships between perceived interparental conflict (IPC), negative thinking (NT), and depression symptoms in Chinese children. Changes in these three variables over time were also examined, as well as the trait and state aspects of the relationships between them. A sample of 516 third-grade primary students completed questionnaires about IPC, NT, and depression three times over a period of 1 year, at 6-month intervals. The CLPM findings indicated that, assuming that stability of each variable across time was controlled, Chinese children’s perception of IPC significantly affected their level of depression through the mediating path of NT. After taking trait factors into account, among all the significant autoregressive and cross-lagged paths originally found in the CLPM, only one third remained significant in the ALT-SR model. More specifically, the ALT-SR model, revealed a driving effect of children’s NT on perceived IPC and depression symptoms. The CLPM model although elucidated the interplay among three variables, the ALT-SR model showed little evidence of their interrelated growth across time. Taken together, these results indicate that children’s perceived IPC in the long term are a stable trait, with few state-level fluctuations, and is not a significant within-person predictor of subsequent children’s internalization problems. These perceptions appear to contribute more to children’s general psychological tendency than do changes over time. The research is the first to test the reciprocal relationships between Chinese children’s perceived IPC, NT, and depression symptoms. The findings demonstrate that previously proposed theories about the bidirectional relation between IPC and children’s social adjustment, to some extent, may reflect a correlation at a trait level. Put another way, it is IPC’s central tendency to be sensitive in the long term as a stable trait that is associated with their children’s general tendency to show well adjustment. The study contributes to our understanding of that extend previous results and have implications for complementary theoretical and practical interventions. The complementary techniques of CLPM and ALT-SR models offer different insights into children’s internalization problems, and hold promise for supporting the building of more comprehensive children’s developmental theories that acknowledge the interconnectedness of different domains of mental health.

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Section: The Cross-lagged Panel Model Results Of Chinese Children's P...supporting

confidence: 92%

The reciprocal relationships between Chinese children’s perception of interparental conflict, negative thinking, and depression symptoms: A cross-lagged study

Yang

Meng²,

Qi³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…Therefore, they seek entertainment and the meaning of life and alleviate negative emotions by escaping from reality in the virtual mobile world, which increases the risk of mobile phone addiction (Chen Y. et al, 2021). Besides, our findings were consistent with previous studies, showing that automatic thoughts acted as a mediating role that linked family cohesion and adaptability to mobile phone addiction (Irfan and Zulkefly, 2021;Nie et al, 2021). This finding indicated that individuals living in families with low cohesion and adaptability tended to develop negative, automatic, irrational beliefs, and negative emotions, which eventually led to problematic behaviors such as mobile phone addiction.…”

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“…Individuals from families with more parental conflicts and undesirable parent-child relationships were more likely to develop characteristics such as low self-evaluation and low self-esteem, which were reflected through individuals' negative automatic thoughts (Irfan and Zulkefly, 2020). These negative cognitive styles would enhance individuals' negative internal working model, it may motivate individuals to employ negative coping skills such as escaping from reality and indulging in virtual mobile phones when they make excessive inferences about negative stimuli (Hjemdal et al, 2013;Irfan and Zulkefly, 2021).…”

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“…Individuals with higher automatic thoughts are more likely to develop negative and selfdefeating thoughts that are often activated by negative life experiences (Yapan et al, 2020). Once activated, automatic processes run to fulfillment and are difficult to alter or suppress (Irfan and Zulkefly, 2021). These intrusive thoughts can induce emotional problems, such as depression and anxiety.…”

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“…That is, family cohesion and adaptability may reduce individuals' automatic thoughts. Additionally, there is evidence that automatic thoughts play an intermediary role in the association between family environments and problem behaviors (Irfan and Zulkefly, 2021). Therefore, it was hypothesized that automatic thoughts may mediate the effect of family cohesion and adaptability on mobile phone addiction (Hypothesis 2).…”

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Family cohesion and adaptability reduces mobile phone addiction: the mediating and moderating roles of automatic thoughts and peer attachment

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With the popularity of mobile Internet devices, the incidence of mobile phone addiction has been increasing, which has aroused the concern of all sectors of society. Due to the difficulty of eliminating the risk factors of mobile phone addiction, it’s significant for researchers to examine the function and underlying mechanisms of positive environmental factors in reducing individuals’ mobile phone addiction. Thus, the current study aimed to examine the relationship between family cohesion and adaptability and mobile phone addiction among university students and analyzed the mediating role of automatic thoughts as well as the moderating role of peer attachment in this link. The sample consisted of 958 Chinese university students. Participants completed self-report questionnaires assessing family cohesion and adaptability, mobile phone addiction, automatic thoughts, and peer attachment. PROCESS model 8 was significant (the total effect model (F (5, 952) = 19.64, R2 = 0.09, p < 0.001)). Results indicated that family cohesion and adaptability could not only negatively predict mobile phone addiction directly, but also indirectly through the mediating effect of automatic thoughts. Moreover, both the direct association between family cohesion and adaptability and mobile phone addiction as well as the indirect effect of automatic thoughts were moderated by peer attachment. Findings emphasized the beneficial role of peer attachment on the effect of family cohesion and adaptability on automatic thoughts and mobile phone addiction.

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Psychometric Validation of the Slovenian Version of the Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale (CATS)

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Parent-peer attachment, negative automatic thoughts and psychological problems among Pakistani adolescents: A moderated mediation model

Cited by 5 publications

References 59 publications

The reciprocal relationships between Chinese children’s perception of interparental conflict, negative thinking, and depression symptoms: A cross-lagged study

The reciprocal relationships between Chinese children’s perception of interparental conflict, negative thinking, and depression symptoms: A cross-lagged study

Family cohesion and adaptability reduces mobile phone addiction: the mediating and moderating roles of automatic thoughts and peer attachment

Psychometric Validation of the Slovenian Version of the Children’s Automatic Thoughts Scale (CATS)

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