부모의 우울 유형에 따른 아동의 행복감과 자아존중감

Parental Differences in Children’s Happiness and Self-esteem by Types of Parental Depression

Objective: This study pays attention to types of parental depression and differences in happiness and self-esteem of children in each group of parents. Methods: This study employed the 10th wave of the Panel Study on Korean Children. Cluster analysis, covariance analysis, and Bonferroni verification were performed on the data of 1,282 parents with 9-year-old children. Results: A total of four parental depression groups were categorized: ‘both depressed,’ ‘mother depressed,’ ‘father depressed,’ and ‘not depressed.’ Children of the not depressed group showed the highest psychological well-being among the four groups. Children of the mother mildly depressed group had lower scores in happiness and self-esteem than those of the father mildly depressed group. Conclusion/Implications: This study was a new attempt to categorize parental depression together, breaking away from individual approaches such as mother's depression, father's depression, and mother's and father's depression and complementary approaches between couples. When examining the impact of parental depression on children’s psychological well-being, it is necessary to consider depression of the father and mother as a unit.