Family Risk Factors and Child & Adolescent Mental Health: Perspectives from the Chinese Cultural Context

Submission Deadline: 31 May 2026 View: 220 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editors

Prof. Dr. Xing Shufen Xing

Email: xsf2986@163.com

Affiliation: School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

Homepage: https;//psy.cnu.edu.cn/szdw/grfc/121436.htm

Research Interests: Parenting and Child-Adolescent Development

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Li Yuhua Li

Email: liyuhua@cnu.edu.cn

Affiliation: College of Elementary Education, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China

Homepage: https;//cjy.cnu.edu.cn/szdw/121645.htm

Research Interests: Parenting and Child-Adolescent Development

Summary

Children and adolescents in China are growing up amid profound social changes, shifting family structures, and heightened educational pressures. In this context, family risk factors—including parenting stress, interparental conflict, overparenting, socioeconomic strain, migration, and digital challenges—play a pivotal role in shaping mental health outcomes. While international research has documented many of these dynamics, the cultural norms of Chinese families—such as filial piety, academic centrality, and relational obligations—may alter both the manifestation of risk and the processes of resilience. This Special Issue foregrounds culturally grounded evidence to inform assessment, prevention, and policy in the Chinese context.

This Special Issue aims to advance theory, evidence, and practice by exploring how family risk factors influence child and adolescent mental health within the Chinese cultural context. highlighting culturally specific mechanisms, protective processes, and actionable interventions. We welcome (but not limited to) contributions that examine mechanisms, moderators, and protective factors, as well as culturally sensitive measurement tools and innovative interventions. Both empirical and conceptual papers are encouraged, spanning cross-sectional, longitudinal designs.

Suggested themes include:
· Developmental psychopathology and family systems approaches tailored to Chinese contexts
· Negative parenting, such as parenting stress, psychological control and overparenting
· Interparental dynamics:(conflict, coparenting, triadic processes)

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