Psychological Development and Education ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 112-120.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2019.01.13

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Online Parent-adolescent Communication and Depression among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Online Social Capital and Its Gender Difference

CHAI Huanyou1, CHEN Chunyu2, DUAN Changying2, ZHU Caifeng3, SUN Xiaojun2   

  1. 1. National Engineering Laboratory for Technology of Big Data Applications in Education, National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079;
    2. Key Laboratory of Adolescent CyberPsychology and Behavior, Ministry of Education;School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079;
    3. Collaborative & Innovative Center for Educational Technology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079
  • Published:2019-01-30

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Abstract: A sample of 549 adolescents was investigated with questionnaires to examine the effect of online parent-adolescent communication on depression, and explore the mediating effect of online social capital as well as the moderating effect of age. Results revealed that:(1) After controlling for age, gender and offline parent-adolescent communication, online parent-adolescent communication significantly negatively predicted adolescents' depression. (2) online social capital fully mediated the relationship between online parent-adolescent communication and adolescents' depression. (3) the mediating effect of online social capital was positively moderated by age. Compared to early adolescents, the mediating effect was more profound in middle adolescents. These findings contribute to a comprehensive interpretation of the effect of online parent-adolescent communication on adolescents' depression and its mechanism.

Key words: online parent-adolescent communication, depression, online social capital, adolescents

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