In this study, we examined whether maternal perceived job insecurity (JI) affected depressive symptoms in their adolescent children. Specifically, we tested a mediator-moderator model in which we hypothesized that maternal JI was related to adolescent depressive symptoms indirectly via maternal depressive symptoms. Most importantly, we also explored whether this indirect path was moderated by two buffering resources, i.e., maternal off-job recovery and adolescent self-esteem. There is little research on the effects of parental JI on adolescent children from the viewpoint of buffering moderators. Due to growing insecurity in the labor markets we need more information about resources that mitigate the harmful effects of JI within families. We tested the model via structural equation modeling among Finnish mother-adolescent dyads (N = 601, mothers aged 32–60 years; adolescents aged 14–18 years). Our results showed that mothers’ depressive symptoms did not mediate the relationship between mothers’ JI and adolescents’ depressive symptoms, but mothers’ JI was directly related to increased depressive symptoms among both adolescents and their mothers. Mothers’ off-job recovery and adolescents’ self-esteem buffered against mothers’ JI in relation to depressive symptoms. When off-job recovery (in mothers) and self-esteem (in adolescents) were high, the higher level of JI was not associated with increased depressive symptoms. Off-job recovery among working mothers should be improved as it has potential to protect against JI. Moreover, adolescents’ self-esteem should be boosted as it mitigates the effects of mothers’ job stress (e.g., JI) on adolescents’ well-being.

在这项研究中，我们检查了母亲感知到的工作不安全感 (JI) 是否会影响其青春期孩子的抑郁症状。具体来说，我们测试了一个中介-调节模型，在该模型中，我们假设母亲的 JI 通过母亲的抑郁症状与青少年抑郁症状间接相关。最重要的是，我们还探讨了这种间接路径是否受到两种缓冲资源的调节，即产妇离职恢复和青少年自尊。从缓冲调节者的角度研究父母JI对青春期儿童的影响的研究很少。由于劳动力市场日益不安全，我们需要更多关于减轻 JI 对家庭内部有害影响的资源的信息。我们通过结构方程模型在芬兰母婴二人组中测试了该模型（N = 601，32-60岁的母亲；14-18 岁的青少年）。我们的研究结果表明，母亲的抑郁症状并不介导母亲的 JI 和青少年抑郁症状之间的关系，但母亲的 JI 与青少年及其母亲的抑郁症状增加直接相关。母亲的失业恢复和青少年的自尊与母亲的 JI 与抑郁症状有关。当 (母亲) 和自尊 (青少年) 的离职恢复程度较高时，较高的 JI 水平与抑郁症状的增加无关。应改善职业母亲的脱产恢复，因为它具有预防 JI 的潜力。此外，应该提高青少年的自尊，因为它可以减轻母亲的工作压力（例如，JI）对青少年幸福感的影响。