Relationship between positive mental characters,parenting style and depression in recruits
Abstract：Objective To explore the relationship between the positive mental characters ,paren‐ting style and depression in recruits .Methods Positive Mental Characters Scale for Recruits (PMCS -R) ,Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran memories of parental rearing practice in childhood (EMBU ) and Self -Rating Depression Scale(SDS) were administered on 6 830 recruits in the autumn of 2013 and 2014 .Results (1) Depression had significantly negative correlation with positive mental characters and parents'emotional warmth and understanding ,father's excessive interference and protection in EMBU (r =-0 .585‐-0 .057 ,P < 0 .05) ,and significantly positive correlation with other factors in EMBU (r =0.035‐0 .288 ,P < 0 .05);positive mental characters had significantly negative correlation with parents'severe punishment and denial (r = - 0 .179‐-0 .133 ,P < 0 .05) ,and significantly positive correlation with others factors in EMBU (r = 0 .015‐0 .917 ,P < 0 .05) .(2) Five dimensions in PMCS -R (except the justice one) and parents'warmth and understanding ,father's denial and excessive interference and mother'severe punishment ,excessive interference and protection in EMBU could explain 42 .3% of the total variance of depression (F = 293 .685 ,P < 0 .05) .Conclusions Positive mental characters and parents'emotional warmth and understanding are the valuable protective factors of depression in recruits .
Keywords：DepressionPositive mental charactersParenting styleRecruits
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 162-165,166 )