Parenting styles and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students: The mediating role of perceived social support
Objective: This study aims to explore the relationship between parenting styles and suicidal ideation among college students, with a focus on the mediating role of perceived social support. Methods: A total of 608 college students completed the Self-Rating Idea of Suicide Scale, the short-form Egna...
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| description | Objective: This study aims to explore the relationship between parenting styles and suicidal ideation among college students, with a focus on the mediating role of perceived social support. Methods: A total of 608 college students completed the Self-Rating Idea of Suicide Scale, the short-form Egna Minnen av. Barndoms Uppfostran (EMBU) for Chinese, and the Perceived Social Support Scale. This study conducted correlation analysis using SPSS 29.0 and performed mediation effect analysis using structural equation modeling in AMOS 26.0. Results: (1) Significant correlations were found among suicidal ideation, parenting styles, and perceived social support; (2) Parental emotional warmth was significantly and negatively associated with suicidal ideation (r = −0.34, p < 0.001), while both parental rejection (r = 0.32, p < 0.001) and overprotection (r = 0.28, p < 0.001) were significantly and positively associated with suicidal ideation; (3) Perceived social support partially mediated the relationship between positive parenting styles and suicidal ideation (effect size = −0.23, 95 % CI = [−0.31, −0.17]) as well as the relationship between negative parenting styles and suicidal ideation (effect size = 0.05, 95 % CI = [0.01, 0.10]). Conclusion: Positive parenting styles are associated with higher levels of perceived social support and lower likelihood of suicidal ideation among college students. These findings extend the applicability of parenting style theory and the internal working model of attachment theory to extreme behavioral ideation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2e3856e1aefb4c49b0918cafca81041a2025-08-20T02:26:59ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182025-05-0125510499210.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104992Parenting styles and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students: The mediating role of perceived social supportRenli Wang0Cancan Jin1Student Mental Health Education Center, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, PR ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, PR China; Corresponding author at: Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Forestry University, No.35 Tsinghua East Road, HaiDian Disrict, Beijing, PR China.Objective: This study aims to explore the relationship between parenting styles and suicidal ideation among college students, with a focus on the mediating role of perceived social support. Methods: A total of 608 college students completed the Self-Rating Idea of Suicide Scale, the short-form Egna Minnen av. Barndoms Uppfostran (EMBU) for Chinese, and the Perceived Social Support Scale. This study conducted correlation analysis using SPSS 29.0 and performed mediation effect analysis using structural equation modeling in AMOS 26.0. Results: (1) Significant correlations were found among suicidal ideation, parenting styles, and perceived social support; (2) Parental emotional warmth was significantly and negatively associated with suicidal ideation (r = −0.34, p < 0.001), while both parental rejection (r = 0.32, p < 0.001) and overprotection (r = 0.28, p < 0.001) were significantly and positively associated with suicidal ideation; (3) Perceived social support partially mediated the relationship between positive parenting styles and suicidal ideation (effect size = −0.23, 95 % CI = [−0.31, −0.17]) as well as the relationship between negative parenting styles and suicidal ideation (effect size = 0.05, 95 % CI = [0.01, 0.10]). Conclusion: Positive parenting styles are associated with higher levels of perceived social support and lower likelihood of suicidal ideation among college students. These findings extend the applicability of parenting style theory and the internal working model of attachment theory to extreme behavioral ideation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825003051Suicidal ideationParenting stylesPerceived social supportCollege students |
| spellingShingle | Renli Wang Cancan Jin Parenting styles and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students: The mediating role of perceived social support Acta Psychologica Suicidal ideation Parenting styles Perceived social support College students |
| title | Parenting styles and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students: The mediating role of perceived social support |
| title_full | Parenting styles and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students: The mediating role of perceived social support |
| title_fullStr | Parenting styles and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students: The mediating role of perceived social support |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parenting styles and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students: The mediating role of perceived social support |
| title_short | Parenting styles and suicidal ideation among Chinese college students: The mediating role of perceived social support |
| title_sort | parenting styles and suicidal ideation among chinese college students the mediating role of perceived social support |
| topic | Suicidal ideation Parenting styles Perceived social support College students |
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