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Parental Narcissism and Children’s Mental Vulnerability: Mediation Role of Parental Bonding Styles

Portia R. Marasigan
Volume 5 Issue 1, July 2024

Narcissistic parents tend to be extremely controlling, critical, and possessive of their kids. Thus, the hypothesis that parental narcissism is related to depression and anxiety of the young adult children and that this relationship is mediated by the parental bonding style as reported by the children is the investigation of this study. The participants of the study are 100 college students and their parents. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) was used to measure parental narcissism, and the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), which incorporates Parkers' scales of care and overprotection, was used to examine the parenting style as recalled by the children; and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and 7 items of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS 21) to assess depression and lastly 20 items of Trait Anxiety Scale of State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was used to measure anxiety. Two complete mediation models (one for mothers and one for fathers), with PBI scores as a predictor and parental NPI as mediators and children's scores on the BDI and STAI as criteria demonstrated adequate goodness of fit indices. The results revealed an indirect relationship in terms of maternal between care and depression and in paternal between care and overprotection. Furthermore, in both models, it showed also an indirect relationship between care and anxiety and a direct relationship between depression and anxiety. In conclusion, children who are highly bonded with the parents are likely to be less depressed and anxious and that children who develop depression are likely to have anxiety as well.

parental narcissism, parental bonding styles, depression, anxiety

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