Fig. 1

Descriptive statistical results and correlation matrix for maternal parenting practices and adolescent mental health problems. The color and direction of the ellipse represents the direction of the correlation, where blue, top-right to bottom-left direction corresponds to a positive correlation and red, top-left to bottom-right direction corresponds to a negative correlation. The color shade and shape of the ellipse represent the strength of the correlation, where darker colors and flatter ellipses correspond to stronger correlations. “×” represents the correlation coefficient corresponding to p > 0.05. Numbers in the parentheses next to the variable names represent the means and standard deviations for the corresponding variables