華人文化教養信念、教養行為對青少年憂鬱及偏差行為之影響

The Effects of Chinese Parenting Beliefs and Parenting Practice on Adolescents’ Depression and Delinquency

過去文獻顯示父母的教養信念會形塑其育兒方式，進而可能影響子女的身心調適。 華人文化教養信念重視子女孝順義務和父母照顧責任，這些觀念對於時下青少年子女的 可能效應及作用途徑值得探討。本研究採用次級調查資料分析，以新北市704 位高中職 學生及其家長為研究對象，檢視父母教養信念、教養行為和青少年子女憂鬱及偏差行為 之關聯。針對中介模型的路徑分析發現，父母的照顧責任信念越強，對青少年子女的日 常照顧越多，監督管教的程度也越高；父母對於子女孝順義務的信念越高，監督管教的 程度則越低。此外，父母對青少年子女的日常照顧和監督管教越多，青少年偏差行為越 少。家長教養信念與教養行為皆和青少年憂鬱程度無顯著相關。本研究最後依據上述研 究結果提出具體實務建議。

Past research had suggested the influence of parenting beliefs on parenting practice， which in turn may affect children’s psychological adjustment. Traditional Chinese parenting beliefs emphasize children’s obligation of obedience and parents’ responsibility of caretaking. It is important to explore their effects of these beliefs on youth and the mechanisms. The study used secondary data analysis to examine the associations between parenting belies， parenting practice， and youth’s depression and delinquency in a sample of 704 high school students and their parents from New Taipei City. The path analysis of the mediation model showed significant associations between parents’ responsibility of caretaking and their daily care and monitoring of children. Beliefs in children’s obligation of obedience were negatively correlated to parental monitoring. In addition， parents’ daily care and monitoring were associated with lower delinquency in youth. Parenting beliefs and parenting practice were not significantly associated with youth’s depression. The implications of these results for practitioners were discussed.