ArticleZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences
[Impact of parental educational anxiety on junior middle school students
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- [Bidirectional longitudinal associations of perceived stress with anxiety and depressive symptoms among medical students: A threeZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesAgainst the backdrop of intensifying educational competition in contemporary society, parents increasingly prioritize their children's development. Parental educational anxiety has become a key factor affecting adolescents' psychological well-being. However, the pathways through which parental educational anxiety influences adolescents' depressive symptoms, particularly the role of adolescents' internal psychological processes, and the moderating function of family supportive factors remain unclear. Situated in the Chinese cultural context, this study aims to construct a moderated mediation model to examine the mediating role of perceived stress in the association between parental educational anxiety and depression among junior middle school students and whether parental educational time investment buffers this pathway.
methodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted, with data collected over one month in June 2023. Using convenience sampling, questionnaires were administered to 736 junior middle school students and their parents from Changsha, Xiangtan, and Shaoyang. Measures included the Chinese Stress Perception Scale (CPSS), the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Parental Educational Anxiety Scale, and the Parental Educational Time Investment Questionnaire. A moderated mediation analysis was performed with the PROCESS macro in SPSS, and network structure estimation was conducted using R software.
resultsCorrelation analyses showed that parental educational anxiety was significantly positively associated with junior middle school students' perceived stress and depression (
conclusionsWithin the Chinese cultural context, parental educational anxiety heightens junior middle school students' perceived stress, which in turn exacerbates their depressive symptoms, highlighting the mediating role of adolescents' cognitive appraisal. Parental educational time investment effectively buffers the negative impact of stress on depression, suggesting its protective significance within the "family stress-individual cognition-emotional health" pathway. Anxiety regarding children's "future development" constitutes the central component of the parental educational anxiety network.
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