Core Symptoms in Adolescents Interpersonal Distress and Its Network Relationship with Parent-Child Attachment and Psychological Boundaries
Utilizing a comprehensive data survey involving 511 adolescents,this study explored the pivotal symptoms of adolescents'interpersonal distress.Also,we examined the influence of parent-child attachment and psychological boundaries on adolescents'interpersonal distress by using network analysis method.The results showed that:1)The core symptoms of adolescents'interpersonal distress were"ostracism and indifference from others","highly susceptible to embarrassment","having no one to confide in one's worries",and"not knowing how to stop at the right boundaries with the opposite sex".2)No significant gender differences were observed in the network structure,global strength and centrality of adolescents'interpersonal distress.However,significant gender differences existed in the intensity of symptom d23.3)Interpersonal communication distress was the center node of the network;parent-child alienation and psychological boundaries were the important bridging nodes connecting parent-child attachment and interpersonal distress.This study reveals the influence of parent-child attachment and psychological boundaries on adolescents'interpersonal distress.