Relationship Between Parental Control And College Students’ Depression ——A Moderating Mediation Model

Most of the individuals who have just entered college life have just reached the age of adulthood,but most of them stay in high school mentally.In the face of sudden changes in life,the learning pressure is relatively small,but their interpersonal relationships and choices for the future are more complex,which is a high-risk group of depression.Under such pressure,the risk of depression is greatly increased.The harm brought by depression is not only to the depressed person,but also to the people around the patient.In the long run,it is also a major obstacle to interpersonal communication.Therefore,it is necessary to explore the depression of college students and related factors,and put forward relevant countermeasures.With the support of the stress model of depression susceptibility,it is concluded that depression is closely related to many aspects,including family rearing style.However,there are still many factors that have not been taken into account.A large number of studies have pointed out that parental psychological control is related to individual depression.In this study,the questionnaires used were parental psychological control questionnaire,flow control center depression scale,Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and college students’ friendship quality questionnaire.A total of 742 college students were tested,235 boys（31.7%）and 507 girls（68.3%）.Through literature review and Research on the actual situation,we have a clear understanding of the relationship between parental psychological control and depression of college students,but the specific internal mechanism is not enough.Therefore,this study adds two variables: negative cognitive emotion regulation strategy and friendship quality.With the theoretical support of intermediary regulation model,the following research results are obtained.The results are as follows:（1）The level of psychological control experienced by college students’ parents in their daily life is below the middle level,and the level of depression is below the middle level,but depression is common.（2）Parents’ psychological control was positively correlated with depression,cognitive emotion regulation strategy and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategy,while parents’ psychological control was negatively correlated with friendship quality;Depression was positively correlated with cognitive emotion regulation strategy and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategy,while depression was negatively correlated with friendship quality Cognitive emotion regulation strategy and positive cognitive emotion regulation strategy showed positive correlation with friendship quality.（3）Parental psychological control can positively predict depression.（4）Parental locus of control indirectly predicted depression through negative cognitive emotion regulation strategy,while positive cognitive emotion regulation strategy was not significantly correlated with parental locus of control and depression.（5）Friendship quality adjusted the first half path of the mediator model,that is,the relationship between parental psychological control and negative cognitive emotion regulation strategy,and adjusted the second half path,that is,negative cognitive emotion regulation strategy and depression two variables.（6）There were significant differences in the father’s educational level of parental psychological control.On the whole,the higher the father’s educational level,the higher the perceived parental psychological control of college students;The differences in negative cognitive emotion regulation strategies were reflected in the lowest scores in the third year of college and the higher scores of boys than girls;the quality of friendship of only children was better than that of non-only children,while the opposite was true for depression.