239. A chain-mediated model of the relationship between parenting style, ethical cognition, and psychological resilience IN college students

Abstract Background Against the backdrop of increasing attention to the mental health of college students, psychological resilience is considered an important psychological resource for individuals to resist stress and adapt to the environment. Previous studies have shown that family upbringing plays an important role in the formation of early psychological traits in individuals, and ethical cognition, as a core variable in social development, may play a mediating role. However, there is still a lack of systematic empirical research on the mechanism of action among the three. Based on this, the study constructs a chain mediation model of "family upbringing style ethical cognition psychological resilience," aiming to reveal the path mechanism of how family environment affects college students' psychological resilience, and provide theoretical basis for promoting mental health and public health intervention in universities. Methods The study used cluster sampling method to select a total of 823 college students from two universities, and collected data through questionnaire method. The measurement tools include the Short Form Egna Minnen av Barndoms Uppfostan (s-EMBU) Parenting Style Scale, the College Student Ethical Perception Questionnaire, and the Connor Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Firstly, conduct project analysis and reliability and validity testing to ensure that the scale structure is suitable for the sample population; Subsequently, Pearson correlation analysis was used to explore the preliminary associations between variables; Further validate the direct effect of family upbringing on psychological resilience and the mediating effect of ethical cognition through structural equation modeling; Finally, the Bootstrap method was used to conduct a significance test on the chain mediated pathway, further clarifying the multiple mechanisms of interaction between variables. Results The experimental results showed that the emotional warmth parenting style of parents was significantly positively correlated with psychological resilience (r = 0.41, p<.001), while the punishment control parenting style was negatively correlated with psychological resilience (r = -0.35, p<.001). There is also a significant positive correlation between ethical cognition and psychological resilience (r = 0.38, p<.001), and it partially mediates the relationship between warm parenting style and psychological resilience (indirect effect = 0.12, 95% CI [0.07, 0.18]). The structural equation model fits well (χ2/df = 1.98), and ethical cognition plays a partial mediating role between family upbringing and psychological resilience, with a significant chain mediated pathway effect. The overall model explained 46.8% of the variation in psychological resilience, indicating that the proposed pathway has strong explanatory power. Discussion The research results indicate that positive parenting styles can help improve the ethical awareness of college students, thereby enhancing their psychological resilience and providing important family intervention clues for promoting mental health in the public health field. Ethical cognition, as a bridge variable between cognition and social function, reveals the key role of cognitive socialization mechanisms in the construction of psychological resilience. Future research can combine longitudinal tracking, multi center samples, and intervention experiments to further verify the stability and applicability of this chain path in different cultures and developmental stages, and help build a college student mental health service system centered on family and campus collaboration.