Understanding the Relationship Between Parenting Style and Chronic Pain in Adolescents: a Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Overview

Journal BMC Psychol

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Psychology

Date 2021 Dec 25

PMID 34952639

Citations 5

Authors

Maryam Shaygan

Pardis Bostanian

Mina Zarmehr

Hamidreza Hassanipour

Maryam Mollaie

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Abstract

Background: Although the context of parenting has been incorporated into psychosocial pain research, very little attention has been paid to how parenting styles influence chronic pain in adolescents. The present study aimed to investigate the mediating role of self-esteem, emotional intelligence, and psychological distress in the association between parenting styles and chronic pain.

Method: Seven hundred and thirty nine adolescents and their parents participated in this study. To identify adolescents with chronic pain, screening questions based on the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases were used. Baumrind parenting style questionnaire was used to assess the parenting style (permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative parenting styles). The structural equation modelling (SEM) was carried out in M-Plus version 6 to evaluate the direct, indirect, and total effects of different parenting styles on chronic pain.

Results: The results in the SEM models revealed that only the indirect paths from authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles to pain through emotional intelligence (β = - 0.003, 95% CI = - 0.008 to - 0.003; β = 0.001, 95% CI = 0.001 to 0.003) and psychological distress (β = - 0.010, 95% CI = - 0.021 to - 0.004; β = 0.008, 95% CI = 0.004 to 0.016) were significant. Indirect paths from permissive style to pain and the mediating role of self-esteem were not significant.

Discussion: Emotional intelligence and psychological distress significantly mediated the effects of authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles on chronic pain. The current results support the notion that interventions targeting effective parent-adolescent communication may be an important part of chronic pain management in adolescents. Moreover, the results provide rationale for targeting emotional intelligence and psychological distress in adolescents by explicitly teaching effective communication skills, expressing opinions and minds, and emotion regulation strategies.

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