Do parental attachment and prosocial behavior moderate the impairment from depression symptoms in adolescents who seek mental health care?

Hysaj, Marsida; Crone, Mathilde R.; Kiefte-de Jong, Jessica C.; Vermeiren, Robert R.J.M.

doi:10.1186/s13034-023-00680-1

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Table 2 Associations of predicting and control variables on impairment

From: Do parental attachment and prosocial behavior moderate the impairment from depression symptoms in adolescents who seek mental health care?

	Adolescent reported impairment		Mother reported impairment		Father reported impairment
	r	(95%CI)	r	(95%CI)	r	(95%CI)
Age	0.12*	(0.04–0.56)	0.05	(-0.16-0.36)	-0.09	(-0.46-0.11)
Gender
Girls (Reference)	0		0			0
Boys	-0.15**	(-2.45–0.39)	-0.012	(-1.00-0.82)	-0.03	(-0.82-1.26)
Socioeconomic status	0	(-0.59 - -0.57)	-0.063	(-0.78-0.25)	-0.03	(-0.64-0.39)
Ethnicity
Dutch (Reference)	0		0		0
Europe^a	0.03	(-1.72-2.83)	0.11	(-0.16-4.51)	0.11	(-0.56-4.04)
Classic migrant group^a	0.02	(-2.11-3.32)	-0.1	(-5.28-0.41)	-0.05	(-3.61-1.67)
Outside Europe^a	-0.04	(-3.05-1.34)	-0.03	(-2.60-1.64)	-0.12	(-4.31-0.29)
Migrants	0.03	(-1.72-2.83)	-0.054	(-3.38-1.29)	0	(-2.51-2.39)
Anxiety Bands	0.23**	(0.13–0.33)	.25**	(0.13–0.36)	0.22**	(0.08–0.35)
Eating Disorder Bands	0.17**	(0.07–0.28)	0.06	(-0.06-0.18)	-0.03	(-0.17-0.11)
ADHD Bands	0.04	(-0.07-0.14)	0.07	(-0.05-0.19)	-0.01	(-0.15-0.13)
ODD Bands	0.06	(-0.05-0.17)	0.18**	(0.06–0.30)	0.15*	(0.00-0.29)
CD Bands	0.11*	(0.01–0.22)	0.21**	(0.09–0.33)	0.17*	(0.03–0.30)
Symptoms	0.55**	(0.89–1.24)	0.41^**	(0.50–0.87)	0.35^**	(0.32–0.72)
of depression	0.55**	(0.89–1.24)	0.41^**	(0.50–0.87)	0.35^**	(0.32–0.72)
Parental attachment	0	(-0.92-0.49)	-0.17^**	(-2.08- -0.31)	0	(-0.87-0.89)
Maternal attachment	0.05	(-0.06-0.16)	-0.04	(-.016-0.09)	0.02	(-0.12-0.17)
Paternal attachment	-0.08	(-0.19-0.03)	-0.18**	(-0.30- -0.06)	-0.01	(-0.16-0.13)
Prosocial behavior	-0.04	(0.32 − 0.15)	-0.24^**	(-0.55- -0.18)	-0.21^**	(-0.47- -0.09)
Symptom*Attachment	0.01	(-0.31-0.39)	0.07	(-0.17-0.70)	0.04	(-0.31-0.54)
Symptom*Prosocial	0.02	(-0.09 -0.13)	0.12	(< 0.01–0.19)	-0.01	(-0.09-0.81)
Attachment*Prosocial	0.05	(-0.18-0.50)	-0.08	(-0.58–0.12)	0.08	(-0.16-0.50)

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ^a=Children of migrants

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