How interpersonal factors impact the co-development of depression and non-suicidal self-injury in Chinese early adolescents

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2021.00515

Abstract

Abstract:

The independent and joint developmental trajectories of depression and self-injury were investigated in 859 junior middle school students by 3-year longitudinal measurements. Furthermore, the current study examined the role of three kinds of important interpersonal relationships (parent-child relationship, peer relationship, and teacher-student relationship) in the co-development of depression and self-injury. The results indicated that there were 4 and 3 heterogeneous developmental trajectories of depression and self-injury in early adolescence, respectively. The joint developmental trajectories of the two include “Low-depression low-self-injury stable,” “Low-depression low-self-injury increase,” and “Moderate-depression moderate-self-injury decrease.” Parental psychological control and peer acceptance were risk and protective factors for early adolescent depression and self-injury, respectively.

Key words: early adolescents, depressed mood, non-suicidal self-injury, joint trajectories, interpersonal relations

HUANG Yuancheng, ZHAO Qingling, LI Caina. (2021). How interpersonal factors impact the co-development of depression and non-suicidal self-injury in Chinese early adolescents. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 53(5), 515-526.

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Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1 DEP (T1)	1
2 DEP (T2)	0.51^**	1
3 DEP (T3)	0.45^**	0.58^**	1
4 SI (T1)	0.35^**	0.22^**	0.17^**	1
5 SI (T2)	0.24^**	0.38^**	0.30^**	0.40^**	1
6 SI (T3)	0.09^*	0.24^**	0.35^**	0.31^**	0.42^**	1
7 PA (T1)	-0.22^**	-0.18^**	-0.15^**	-0.04	-0.05	-0.02	1
8 PE (T1)	0.21^**	0.11^**	0.10^**	0.06	0.02	-0.02	-0.63^**	1
9 FS (T1)	-0.16^**	-0.13^**	-0.12^**	-0.03	-0.06	0.03	0.13^**	-0.06	1
10 FC (T1)	-0.33^**	-0.22^**	-0.23^**	-0.05	-0.16^**	-0.06	0.08	-0.13^**	0.11^**	1
11 PPC (T1)	0.28^**	0.24^**	0.26^**	0.16^**	0.12^**	0.10^*	-0.03	0.02	-0.10^*	-0.13^**	1
12 PEW (T1)	-0.29^**	-0.20^**	-0.23^**	-0.14^**	-0.03	-0.05	0.10^**	-0.05	0.25^**	0.06	-0.25^**	1
13 TES (T1)	-0.15^**	-0.20^**	-0.17^**	-0.11^**	-0.16^**	-0.04	0.08^*	-0.03	0.15^**	0.05	-0.11^**	0.21^**	1
14 TSC (T1)	0.19^**	0.17^**	0.17^**	0.09^*	0.11^**	0.13^**	-0.06	0.06	-0.15^**	-0.26^**	0.14^**	-0.13^**	-0.33^**	1
M	1.68	1.70	1.68	0.23	0.33	0.19	0.01	0.01	3.19	4.45	2.70	2.77	3.86	2.03
SD	0.50	0.49	0.50	0.62	0.82	0.53	0.09	0.05	1.08	0.65	0.98	0.72	1.08	1.09

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1 DEP (T1)	1
2 DEP (T2)	0.51^**	1
3 DEP (T3)	0.45^**	0.58^**	1
4 SI (T1)	0.35^**	0.22^**	0.17^**	1
5 SI (T2)	0.24^**	0.38^**	0.30^**	0.40^**	1
6 SI (T3)	0.09^*	0.24^**	0.35^**	0.31^**	0.42^**	1
7 PA (T1)	-0.22^**	-0.18^**	-0.15^**	-0.04	-0.05	-0.02	1
8 PE (T1)	0.21^**	0.11^**	0.10^**	0.06	0.02	-0.02	-0.63^**	1
9 FS (T1)	-0.16^**	-0.13^**	-0.12^**	-0.03	-0.06	0.03	0.13^**	-0.06	1
10 FC (T1)	-0.33^**	-0.22^**	-0.23^**	-0.05	-0.16^**	-0.06	0.08	-0.13^**	0.11^**	1
11 PPC (T1)	0.28^**	0.24^**	0.26^**	0.16^**	0.12^**	0.10^*	-0.03	0.02	-0.10^*	-0.13^**	1
12 PEW (T1)	-0.29^**	-0.20^**	-0.23^**	-0.14^**	-0.03	-0.05	0.10^**	-0.05	0.25^**	0.06	-0.25^**	1
13 TES (T1)	-0.15^**	-0.20^**	-0.17^**	-0.11^**	-0.16^**	-0.04	0.08^*	-0.03	0.15^**	0.05	-0.11^**	0.21^**	1
14 TSC (T1)	0.19^**	0.17^**	0.17^**	0.09^*	0.11^**	0.13^**	-0.06	0.06	-0.15^**	-0.26^**	0.14^**	-0.13^**	-0.33^**	1
M	1.68	1.70	1.68	0.23	0.33	0.19	0.01	0.01	3.19	4.45	2.70	2.77	3.86	2.03
SD	0.50	0.49	0.50	0.62	0.82	0.53	0.09	0.05	1.08	0.65	0.98	0.72	1.08	1.09

Categories	BIC	entropy	LMR-LRT	BLRT
Depression
1	3250.12	—	—	—
2	2755.41	0.81	<0.001	<0.001
3	2627.28	0.80	0.28	<0.001
4	2563.78	0.78	0.02	<0.001
5	2541.38	0.78	0.14	<0.001
Self-injury
1	4472.18	—	—	—
2	3632.55	0.98	0.16	<0.001
3	3197.30	0.97	0.51	<0.001
4	2810.02	0.97	0.13	<0.001
5	2503.53	0.96	0.13	<0.001

Categories	BIC	entropy	LMR-LRT	BLRT
Depression
1	3250.12	—	—	—
2	2755.41	0.81	<0.001	<0.001
3	2627.28	0.80	0.28	<0.001
4	2563.78	0.78	0.02	<0.001
5	2541.38	0.78	0.14	<0.001
Self-injury
1	4472.18	—	—	—
2	3632.55	0.98	0.16	<0.001
3	3197.30	0.97	0.51	<0.001
4	2810.02	0.97	0.13	<0.001
5	2503.53	0.96	0.13	<0.001

Categories	BIC	entropy	LMR-LRT	BLRT
1	7722.29	—	—	—
2	6764.39	0.97	0.08	<0.001
3	6258.55	0.97	0.47	<0.001
4	5840.64	0.97	0.16	<0.001
5	5506.08	0.90	0.03	<0.001
6	5396.99	0.85	0.03	<0.001