Perceived parental warmth attenuates the link between perceived parental rejection and rumination in Chinese early adolescents: two conditional moderation models.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior studies have explored the association between perceived parental rejection-warmth and adolescents' rumination, but it is unclear whether the interaction between perceived parental rejection and warmth can predict adolescents' rumination in a Chinese context and whether this interaction varies by children's gender during the post-COVID-19 era.

Objective

This study aimed to address these issues in Chinese early adolescents from a family system perspective.

Methods

A total of 910 adolescents (M _age = 13.63, 48.50% female) from two middle schools in Chongqing and Changsha, China participated in the survey, answering measures for demographics, perceived parental rejection-warmth, and rumination.

Results

The results show that adoles

SUBMITTER: Meng F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10848273 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature