Father’s involvement associated with rural children’s depression and anxiety: A large-scale analysis based on data from seven provinces in China
To investigate the relationship between father involvement in parenting and mental health problems among children and adolescents in rural China. The Rural Children’s Mental Health dataset includes mental health information from 2,489 children and adolescents aged 5–16 in seven provinces in China. T...
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| description | To investigate the relationship between father involvement in parenting and mental health problems among children and adolescents in rural China. The Rural Children’s Mental Health dataset includes mental health information from 2,489 children and adolescents aged 5–16 in seven provinces in China. The relationship between father involvement in children and adolescents depression risk and anxiety was analyzed by Spearman’s correlation analysis, logistic regression analysis, and restricted cubic spline. Father involvement was significantly and negatively associated with depression scores (r = −0.38, P < 0.001) and anxiety scores (r = −0.18, P < 0.001) in rural Chinese children and adolescents. Both multivariate models indicate that the highest level of father involvement has a protective effect on the risk of depression among children and adolescents (OR = 0.268 and 0.303, 95% CI: 0.149~0.483 and 0.144~0.636), while the association with anxiety risk is only significant in the multivariate model 1 (OR = 0.570, 95% CI: 0.363~0.896). Father involvement is a protective factor for the risk of depression among children and adolescents in rural China. The level of father involvement should be increased, and active participation should be encouraged to reduce the risk of depression in their children and to further promote the mental health of children and adolescents in China. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c4367896c1904a11bc50972345862c4e2025-01-23T15:15:08ZengCambridge University PressCambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health2054-42512024-01-011110.1017/gmh.2024.70Father’s involvement associated with rural children’s depression and anxiety: A large-scale analysis based on data from seven provinces in ChinaJian Jiang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5695-3420Xuwei Tang1Zhifeng Lin2Yulan Lin3Zhijian Hu4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6889-0789School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaTo investigate the relationship between father involvement in parenting and mental health problems among children and adolescents in rural China. The Rural Children’s Mental Health dataset includes mental health information from 2,489 children and adolescents aged 5–16 in seven provinces in China. The relationship between father involvement in children and adolescents depression risk and anxiety was analyzed by Spearman’s correlation analysis, logistic regression analysis, and restricted cubic spline. Father involvement was significantly and negatively associated with depression scores (r = −0.38, P < 0.001) and anxiety scores (r = −0.18, P < 0.001) in rural Chinese children and adolescents. Both multivariate models indicate that the highest level of father involvement has a protective effect on the risk of depression among children and adolescents (OR = 0.268 and 0.303, 95% CI: 0.149~0.483 and 0.144~0.636), while the association with anxiety risk is only significant in the multivariate model 1 (OR = 0.570, 95% CI: 0.363~0.896). Father involvement is a protective factor for the risk of depression among children and adolescents in rural China. The level of father involvement should be increased, and active participation should be encouraged to reduce the risk of depression in their children and to further promote the mental health of children and adolescents in China.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425124000700/type/journal_articlefather involvementdepressionanxietychildren and adolescentsa large-scale analysis |
| spellingShingle | Jian Jiang Xuwei Tang Zhifeng Lin Yulan Lin Zhijian Hu Father’s involvement associated with rural children’s depression and anxiety: A large-scale analysis based on data from seven provinces in China Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health father involvement depression anxiety children and adolescents a large-scale analysis |
| title | Father’s involvement associated with rural children’s depression and anxiety: A large-scale analysis based on data from seven provinces in China |
| title_full | Father’s involvement associated with rural children’s depression and anxiety: A large-scale analysis based on data from seven provinces in China |
| title_fullStr | Father’s involvement associated with rural children’s depression and anxiety: A large-scale analysis based on data from seven provinces in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Father’s involvement associated with rural children’s depression and anxiety: A large-scale analysis based on data from seven provinces in China |
| title_short | Father’s involvement associated with rural children’s depression and anxiety: A large-scale analysis based on data from seven provinces in China |
| title_sort | father s involvement associated with rural children s depression and anxiety a large scale analysis based on data from seven provinces in china |
| topic | father involvement depression anxiety children and adolescents a large-scale analysis |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425124000700/type/journal_article |
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