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Research Article: Parental control and depressive symptoms in college freshmen with myopia: the mediating role of vision-related quality of life

Date Published: 2025-12-26

Abstract:
Myopia is considered to be associated with depressive symptoms. Perceived parental control plays a critical role in children and adolescents’ mental health. The present study aimed to examine the role of myopia in depressive symptoms and whether parental control contributes to depressive symptoms via vision-related quality of life (QoL) in myopic students. This study investigated the mediating role of vision-related QoL between parental control and depressive symptoms among Chinese children and adolescents with myopia. A total of 2014 college freshmen in China were included. Correlation analysis and mediation analysis were conducted. Mediation models were used to assess the potential mechanism of vision-related QoL in the association between parental control and depressive symptoms. In our sample, participants with myopia were less likely to develop depressive symptoms than those without myopia (P = 0.01). Subsequently, analysis within the myopic group revealed that vision-related QoL significantly mediated the relationship between parental control and depressive symptoms, accounting for 15.69% (maternal control) and 18.86% (paternal control) of the total effect. This study highlights the important role of myopia for depressive symptoms in college freshmen and demonstrates that vision-related QoL significant mediates the relationship between parental control and depressive symptoms.

Introduction:
The prevalence of myopia has markedly increased during recent decades, especially in East Asia ( 1 ). The prevalence of myopia in Shanghai has been reported as 95.5% ( 2 ). A university-based study conducted between 2016 and 2021 found that myopia among mainland Chinese college freshmen in Tianjin remained both stable and elevated, ranging from 91.8% to 94.9% ( 3 ). In Taiwan, a longitudinal study documented a marked increase from 91.3% (1988) to 95.9% (2005) among college freshmen ( 4 ). Beyond its impact on…

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