Balancing Discipline and Warmth: How Parenting Styles Shape Adolescent Depression Outcomes

Xingtian Zhao

doi:10.54097/35n9z703

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Xingtian Zhao

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/35n9z703

Keywords:

Parenting style; child depression; authoritative parenting; mental health

Abstract

This paper explores the significant impact of parenting styles on adolescent depression, particularly focusing on the authoritative style compared to authoritarian, permissive, and neglectful approaches. This study examines the impact of various parenting styles on adolescents' mental health by utilizing data from recent studies and qualitative analysis, showing the potential development direction in the future that can improve children’s depression levels. The findings indicate that authoritative parenting tends to mitigate depression states due to its balanced approach to discipline and warmth. In contrast, authoritarian and neglectful parenting styles are correlate with increased depressive states among teenagers. The study also examines sex differences in the prevalence of depression, noting less apparent differences in late adolescence. The conclusions suggest that adopting authoritative parenting can significantly improve adolescent mental health outcomes. This reminds people, especially parents and variety of educational institutes should put more effort on children’s mental health with scientific method that combined with authoritative parenting styles.

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