Klimek, Charlotte (2021) Perceived Parental Rejection and Symptoms of Depression in Adolescents: Mediation Analysis of Hostility and Submissiveness, and Conditional Effects of Gender. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Upbringing marked by parental rejection may contribute to the development of symptoms of depression in later life. The current study examined how perceived parental rejection relates to symptoms of depression through a moderated mediation by interpersonal behaviour (IPB), that is hostility and submissiveness (mediators), and gender of the child (moderator). Parental rejection was hypothesised to associate with symptoms of depression. Further, children’s hostile and submissive behaviours were predicted to form the indirect link between parental rejection and symptoms of depression. Lastly, girls were expected to show stronger hostile and submissive behavioural reactions to parental rejection than boys; and symptoms of depression were predicted to be higher in hostile girls and submissive boys. 157 Dutch adolescents aged between 16 and 20 reported on their perceived parental rejection on a shortened version of the ‘My Memories of Upbringing’ (EMBU). Depression was assessed using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21). Hostility and submissiveness were measured with the Social Behaviour Inventory (SBI). Findings of the bootstrapped regression analysis using PROCESS macro found support for the prediction of symptoms of depression by parental rejection. However, this relationship was only found to be mediated by higher submissiveness. Gender only moderated the link between parental rejection and hostility. The results were discussed in the context of interpersonal complementarity, differing representations of depression and gender roles. Future research might employ different research designs, allowing for more differentiated analyses of the studied variables.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Franzen, M. and Jong, P.J. de |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology (CP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2022 15:24 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Feb 2022 15:24 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/209 |
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