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The effect of positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction: the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment

This study explores the impact of positive parenting on adolescents’ life satisfaction and the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment, based on the family systems theory and attachment theory. The sample included 5,047 adolescents (2,353 males, 2,694 females) with a mean age of 16.65 (SD = 1...

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Autores principales: Li, Mengge, Lan, Ruiming, Ma, Peng, Gong, Huoliang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10351537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37465493
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1183546
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Lan, Ruiming
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description This study explores the impact of positive parenting on adolescents’ life satisfaction and the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment, based on the family systems theory and attachment theory. The sample included 5,047 adolescents (2,353 males, 2,694 females) with a mean age of 16.65 (SD = 1.21) from Henan Province, China. This study used the Positive Parenting Scale, the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment and the Satisfaction with Life Scale to survey 5,047 adolescents. The results showed that: (1) father’s positive parenting positively predicted adolescent life satisfaction, while mother’s positive parenting did not significantly predict adolescent life satisfaction; (2) Father-adolescent attachment and mother-adolescent attachment play a mediating role in the relationship between fathers’ positive parenting, mothers’ positive parenting, and adolescent life satisfaction, respectively; (3) Differences in the mechanisms of father’s positive parenting and mother’s positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction. Among them, mothers’ positive parenting positively predicts mother-adolescent attachment, which in turn affects adolescent life satisfaction. On the other hand, fathers’ positive parenting can influence adolescent life satisfaction through two pathways: by positively predicting father-adolescent attachment and by positively predicting mother-adolescent attachment. The research findings indicate that father’s and mother’s positive parenting have different direct effects on adolescent’s life satisfaction, and both can indirectly influence adolescent life satisfaction through the mediating variables of father-adolescent and mother-adolescent attachment. These findings have important theoretical and practical implications for promoting family education and adolescent psychological well-being.
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spelling pubmed-103515372023-07-18 The effect of positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction: the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment Li, Mengge Lan, Ruiming Ma, Peng Gong, Huoliang Front Psychol Psychology This study explores the impact of positive parenting on adolescents’ life satisfaction and the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment, based on the family systems theory and attachment theory. The sample included 5,047 adolescents (2,353 males, 2,694 females) with a mean age of 16.65 (SD = 1.21) from Henan Province, China. This study used the Positive Parenting Scale, the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment and the Satisfaction with Life Scale to survey 5,047 adolescents. The results showed that: (1) father’s positive parenting positively predicted adolescent life satisfaction, while mother’s positive parenting did not significantly predict adolescent life satisfaction; (2) Father-adolescent attachment and mother-adolescent attachment play a mediating role in the relationship between fathers’ positive parenting, mothers’ positive parenting, and adolescent life satisfaction, respectively; (3) Differences in the mechanisms of father’s positive parenting and mother’s positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction. Among them, mothers’ positive parenting positively predicts mother-adolescent attachment, which in turn affects adolescent life satisfaction. On the other hand, fathers’ positive parenting can influence adolescent life satisfaction through two pathways: by positively predicting father-adolescent attachment and by positively predicting mother-adolescent attachment. The research findings indicate that father’s and mother’s positive parenting have different direct effects on adolescent’s life satisfaction, and both can indirectly influence adolescent life satisfaction through the mediating variables of father-adolescent and mother-adolescent attachment. These findings have important theoretical and practical implications for promoting family education and adolescent psychological well-being. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10351537/ /pubmed/37465493 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1183546 Text en Copyright © 2023 Li, Lan, Ma and Gong. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Li, Mengge
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Ma, Peng
Gong, Huoliang
The effect of positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction: the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment
title The effect of positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction: the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment
title_full The effect of positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction: the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment
title_fullStr The effect of positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction: the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment
title_full_unstemmed The effect of positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction: the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment
title_short The effect of positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction: the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment
title_sort effect of positive parenting on adolescent life satisfaction: the mediating role of parent-adolescent attachment
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10351537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37465493
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1183546
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