TABLE 5.

Effect of father-adolescent and mother-adolescent communication on adolescents’ depressive symptoms.

Variable	Depressive symptoms
	B	SE	t	p	95% CI
School rank
Above average	0.080	0.101	0.79	0.428	−0.118, 0.279
Best	–0.063	0.125	–0.50	0.614	−0.307, 0.181
School location
Urban-rural fringe area	–0.026	0.097	–0.27	0.791	−0.217, 0.165
Central urban area	0.280	0.099	2.83	0.005	0.086, 0.473
Family economic status
Middle income	–0.712	0.094	–7.55	<0.001	−0.896, −0.527
Rich	–0.697	0.164	–4.26	<0.001	−1.018, −0.376
Father education	0.051	0.024	2.11	0.035	0.004, 0.097
Mother education	–0.082	0.024	–3.38	0.001	−0.129, −0.034
Grade	0.811	0.069	11.68	<0.001	0.675, 0.947
Gender	–0.514	0.070	–7.32	<0.001	−0.651, −0.376
Father communication	–0.121	0.015	–7.98	<0.001	−0.150, −0.091
Mother communication	–0.138	0.016	–8.59	<0.001	−0.170, −0.107

CI, confidence interval. Grade: 0 = 7th grade, 1 = 9th grade. Gender: 0 = girl, 1 = boy. Reference group: Medium and below on School rank; town and country on School location; poor family on Family economic status.