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- Title
Mental toughness in adolescents: bridging family relationships and depression across personality traits.
- Authors
Ni, Feirui; Zheng, Yawen; Qian, Sheng; Shen, Guanghui; Yan, Wen-jing; Wu, Yu-Wei; Huang, Ziye
- Abstract
Background: Adolescence is a pivotal stage vulnerable to mental health issues like anxiety and depression. While family relationships, mental toughness, and personality traits are known to impact adolescent mental health, their interactive and moderating roles are not fully understood. Aim: This study aims to investigate the mediating role of mental toughness in the relationship between family relationships and depression among high school students, and to examine the varying impacts of personality traits on this mediation. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 734 adolescents. Participants completed measures assessing family relationships, mental toughness, personality traits, and mental health outcomes (depression). Latent Profile Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis, and Structural Equation Modeling, to investigate these relationships. Results: The study found that mental toughness significantly mediates the relationship between family relationships and depression. Notably, this mediating effect varied between personality type; it was more pronounced in the moderate-reserved type compared to the proactive-engaged type. LPA identified two distinct personality types of students based on their personality traits, with differential patterns of family relationships, mental toughness, and depression. Multiple regression analysis indicated that character and adaptability, components of mental toughness, were significant negative predictors of depression. Conclusion: The study contributes to understanding the dynamics of adolescent mental health, particularly in the context of Chinese high school students. It underscores the importance of considering family dynamics, personality traits, and mental toughness in developing effective mental health interventions for adolescents.
- Subjects
TOUGHNESS (Personality trait); PERSONALITY; FAMILY relations; PSYCHOLOGICAL typologies; MULTIPLE regression analysis; STRUCTURAL equation modeling
- Publication
BMC Psychology, 2024, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2050-7283
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40359-024-01702-z