Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.24141/1/3/2/5
Parental Involvement Moderates the Interrelationship between Stressful Events and Adolescents’ Mental Health
Anastasia Ukhanova
; Department of Clinical Psychology, Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine
Abstract
This is an empirical cross-sectional study designed to investigate the possible moderating role of parental involvement in the interaction between negative stressful life events in adolescents and their psychological well-being. As a part of the Swedish-Ukrainian initiative based on the SEYLE project strategy, 589 students from ten schools in the city of Odessa were questioned. The respondents’ average age was 14.87 years (SD = 1.11 years). The study showed that high parental involvement plays a protective role regarding general and mental health, psychosomatic disorders, and Internet addiction in the respondents exposed to different stressful situations. Nevertheless, regarding several stressful events, high parental involvement appeared to have a negative effect. In particular, it was noticed in cases as being incarcerated (F = 6.80; P < 0.01; η2 = 0.01; B = -0.93, CI -1.64 – -0.23), in case of a misdemeanour (F = 11.96; P < 0.001; η2 = 0.02; B = -0.83, CI -1.30 – -0.36), and in case of a traumatic injury or illness (F = 5.40; P < 0.05; η2 = 0.01; B = -0.54, CI -1.00 – -0.08). Thus, parental involvement, in general, has a protective effect on the mental health and psychological well-being of adolescents in most stressful situations. On the other hand, in some stressful situations, high parental involvement may have a negative impact on well-being outcomes, possibly due to negative emotional reactions of youngsters in situations which they would prefer to hide from their parents.
Keywords
adolescents; parental involvement; moderation; negative stressful life events; mental health
Hrčak ID:
190917
URI
Publication date:
18.12.2017.
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