This study aims to assess whether the effects of parents’ positive and negative parenting behaviors perceived by children on their school satisfaction and depression are mediated by basic psychological needs satisfaction and frustration and to verif...
This study aims to assess whether the effects of parents’ positive and negative parenting behaviors perceived by children on their school satisfaction and depression are mediated by basic psychological needs satisfaction and frustration and to verify correlations between the predictive and consequent factors of basic psychological needs. The study subjects were 310 children in fifth to sixth grade at an elementary school located in J City. Structural relationship between related variables was identified using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 21.0 programs. The study results are as follows. First, the correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship among primary variables. Second, parents’ positive parenting behaviors had an indirect effect on school satisfaction and depression by a medium of children’s basic psychological needs satisfaction. Parents’ negative parenting behaviors had an indirect effect on school satisfaction and depression by a medium of children’s basic psychological needs frustration. In addition, after analyzing the mediating effects of basic psychological needs, it was found that parents’ parenting behaviors were a predictive factor for children’s basic psychological needs satisfaction and frustration. School satisfaction and depression were the outcome variables associated with children’s basic psychological needs satisfaction and frustration. The study results show that basic psychological needs have a significant influence on the development of psychological emotions, including school satisfaction and depression, in children. Therefore, it is deemed necessary to identify viable ways for interventions to create a parenting environment where children’s needs can be satisfied without frustration.