Journal of International Psychiatry

[Abstract] Objective To study the relationship between parental rearing style and neglect of children with depression. Methods Seventy children with depression from April 2018 to March 2020 were selected as the research group, and 70 healthy children during the same period were selected as the control group. Hamilton depression scale (HAMD), Hamilton anxiety scale (HAMA), simple parental rearing scale (S-EMBU), and child neglect scale (CNS) were compared between the two groups. Results The HAMD and HAMA of the control group were significantly lower than those of the study group, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). The total CNS score of the control group was significantly lower than that of the study group, and the differences were statistically significant (P <0.05). The emotional warmth score in the parenting style of the control group was significantly higher than that in the research group, the rejection score in the parental rearing style and the excessive protection score in the mothers rearing style were significantly lower than the research group, the differences were statistically significant (P <0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the excessive protection scores in the parenting styles of the two groups of fathers (P> 0.05). Pearson linear correlation analysis showed that S-EMBU in children with depression was negatively correlated with CNS (P <0.05). Conclusion Parental rearing methods of children with depression are significantly related to neglect, and clinical interventions can be used to alleviate the condition of children.