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The relationship between overprotective parenting and suicide among deaf and mute people: The chained mediating effect of perceived burden and depression

Parenting styles，Suicide risk，Deaf-mute people，chain intermediary

Objective

To explore the relationship between overprotective parenting and suicide among deaf and mute people, and to verify the chain mediating role of perceived burden and depression in this relationship.

Methods

A questionnaire survey was conducted among 216 deaf-mute students using the Shortened-Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostran, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, and Suicidal Behavior Questionnaire-Revised.

Results & Discussion

(1) There were significant positive correlations between the four variables: maternal overprotection, perceived burdensomeness, depression, and suicide risk (p<0.05). Paternal overprotection was significantly correlated only with depression (p<0.05). (2) The total effect maternal overprotection on suicide risk was significant (β=0.066, t=2.04, p<0.05), the direct effect was not significant (β=0.031, t=1.01, p>0.05). (3) Mat overprotection significantly positively predicted perceived burdensomeness (β=0.021, t=8.27, p<0.001) and depression (β=0.093, t=2.15, p<0.05), perceived burdensomeness significantly positively depression (β=0.024, t=7.99, p<0.001), and depression significantly positively predicted suicide riskβ=0.018, t=3.66, p<0.01). (4) Perceived burdensomeness and depression mediated relationship between maternal overprotection and suicide risk, with the mediating effect accounting for 53.04% of the total effect. There were three, with the first path's confidence interval containing 0, and the effect values for the second and third paths being 0.017 and 0009, respectively.

Conclusions

Maternal overprotection, perceived burdensomeness, depression, and suicide risk are significantly positively correlated in pairs. Maternal overprotection cannot predict suicide risk, but it can predict suicide risk through the independent mediating effect of depression and the chain mediating effect of perceived burdensomeness and depression Perceived burdensomeness and depression play a chain mediating role in the relationship between maternal overprotection and suicide risk among the deaf and mute population. In, the deaf and mute population is prone to feelings of inferiority, depression, and burdensomeness due to their physical disabilities. Parents, especially mothers, should to adopt warm and positive parenting styles in the process of raising their children, and avoid negative parenting styles such as rejection and overprotection, which can cause greater to their children.