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      Associations between parental autonomy support and depressive symptoms among Chinese college students: the chain-mediating effects of mindfulness and self-esteem

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          Abstract

          Introduction

          Despite extensive research on contextual factors will relieve college students’ depressive symptoms, significant gaps remain in understanding the underlying mechanisms of this relationship, particularly through individual strength factors such as mindfulness and self-esteem. Based on self-determination theory, we explore the association between parental autonomy support and depressive symptoms among Chinese college students and whether mindfulness and self-esteem serve as mediators.

          Methods

          A total of 1,182 Chinese college students aged 16 to 27 years ( M age = 20.33, SD = 1.63; female = 55.7%) participated in this research. Questionnaires pertaining to parental autonomy support, mindfulness, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms were administered.

          Results

          The results revealed that depressive symptoms were negatively correlated with both paternal and maternal autonomy support, with mindfulness and self-esteem acting as chain-mediators. Specifically, mindfulness and self-esteem were positively impacted by parental autonomy support, whereas depressive symptoms were negatively impacted by mindfulness and self-esteem. Furthermore, paternal and maternal autonomy support significantly impacted depressive symptoms via both direct and indirect pathways. Indirect effects included three paths: mediation through mindfulness, mediation through self-esteem, and mediation through the mindfulness and self-esteem chain.

          Discussion

          The study highlights the fundamental mechanisms that account for the association between Chinese college students’ parental autonomy support and depressive symptoms, these insights can be used to prevent and manage mental health problems among Chinese college students. For example, parents’ autonomy support can directly reduce depressive symptoms, but we can also indirectly promote college students’ mental health by emphasizing the mediation role of students’ mindfulness and self-esteem.

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                Contributors
                Ping Tan: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2719096/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Ruijie Wang: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2719146/overviewRole: Role: Role:
                Tingli Long: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2719136/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role:
                Yaxin Wang: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2719190/overviewRole: Role: Role:
                Chunhua Ma: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2077006/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Yongfeng Ma: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2521190/overviewRole: Role: Role:
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Psychol.
                Title: Frontiers in Psychology
                Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
                ISSN (Electronic): 1664-1078
                Publication date (Electronic): 08 May 2024
                Publication date Collection: 2024
                Volume: 15
                Electronic Location Identifier: 1301662
                Affiliations
                College of Educational Science and Technology, Northwest Minzu University , Lanzhou, China
                Author notes

                Edited by: Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez, University of Granada, Spain

                Reviewed by: Juan Pedro Martínez-Ramón, University of Murcia, Spain

                Paul Alan Arkin Alvarado García, César Vallejo University, Peru

                *Correspondence: Yongfeng Ma, nwmu_ma@ 123456163.com
                Article
                DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1301662
                PMC ID: 11110894
                PubMed ID: 38778882
                SO-VID: e2daa786-fbfd-485c-8a8f-4497d12ff82e
                Copyright © Copyright © 2024 Tan, Wang, Long, Wang, Ma and Ma.
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

                History
                Date received : 25 September 2023
                Date accepted : 15 April 2024
                Page count
                Figures: 4, Tables: 6, Equations: 0, References: 107, Pages: 14, Words: 10596
                Funding
                The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities at Northwest Minzu University (Project ID: 31920230087), the Research Project on Education and Teaching Reform at Northwest Minzu University (Project ID: 2023XJZXJG-08) and the Key Laboratory Project for Linguistic and Cultural Computing at the Ministry of Education (Key Laboratory of Linguistic and Cultural Computing, Ministry of Education; Project No. KFKT202301).
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                Subject: Psychology
                Subject: Original Research
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                section-at-acceptance Health Psychology

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: parental autonomy support,depressive symptoms,mindfulness,self-esteem,college students
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                Keywords: parental autonomy support, depressive symptoms, mindfulness, self-esteem, college students

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