Objective To explore the associations between paternal psychological control and adolescent depression and the mediating role of adolescent self-disclosure. Methods A total of 556 adolescents aged from 13 -18 years completed the self-reported measures of the psychological control scale, self-disclosure scale, and center for epidemiologicstudies depression scale（CES-D）. Results Correlation analyses showed that paternal psychological control and its three subscales were positively correlated with adolescent depression, and negatively correlated with adolescent self-disclosure. The mediation modeling indicated that paternal psychological control and its three subscales had significant direct effects on adolescent depression. The effect of paternal psychological control on adolescent depression relied on both the direct effect and the indirect effect of adolescent self-disclosure. Conclusion In the relationship between psychological control and adolescent depression, the effect of paternal psychological control is partially mediated by adolescent self-disclosure.