The impact of parenting styles on the health risk behavior of left-behind children: the mediating effect of cognitive emotion regulation / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To address the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation in the relationship between parenting styles and health risk behavior in left-behind children.Methods A total of 404 leftbehind children were surveyed with the egna minnen av barndoms uppfostran (EMBU),the cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire-Chinese version (CERQ-C) and the adolescent health related risky behavior inventory (AHRBI).Results (1) The whole average score of AHRBI was (1.47±0.24);the scores of positive and negative cognitive emotion regulation respectively were (10.52±2.56) and (9.51±2.55);the scores of Authoritative,authoritarian and permissive/neglecting parenting styles respectively were (44.06± 8.50),(18.89±3.44) and (10.15±2.32).(2)The health risk behaviors of left-behind children were negatively related with authoritative parenting style (r=-0.26 ～-0.46,P＜0.01) and positive cognitive emotion regulation(r=-0.19～-0.44,P＜0.01),and positively related with authoritarian parenting style,permissive/neglecting parenting styles(r=0.19 ～ 0.40,P＜0.05) and negative cognitive emotion regulation (r=0.25 ～0.51,P＜0.05).(3) Authoritative parenting style was positively related with positive cognitive emotion regulation (r=0.30 ～ 0.47,P＜0.01),and negatively related with negative cognitive emotion regulation (r=-0.21 ～-0.30,P＜0.01),while authoritarian and permissive/neglecting parenting styles were negatively related with positive cognitive emotion regulation (r=-0.11 ～-0.16,P＜ 0.05),and positively related with negative cognitive emotion regulation (r=0.12～0.40,P＜0.05).(4)The mediating effect of cognitive emotion regulation between Authoritative,authoritarian and permissive/neglecting parenting styles and the health risk behaviors of left-behind children respectively were 0.62(87％),0.40(75％) and 0.48(60％).Conclusion The results suggests that parenting styles impact the health risk behavior in left-behind children mainly via the mediating effect of cognitive emotion regulation.