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11-12-2023 | Original Paper

Parental Warmth and Children’s Subjective Well-Being in China: the Indirect Effect of Parent–Child Relationship

Auteurs: Keman Yuan, Liuqing Jiang, Yufang Bian

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the long-term effect of both paternal and maternal warmth on children’s subjective well-being and explore the intervening role of parent–child relationships and the moderating effect of child gender on above effect in Chinese families. A total of 1322 children (M_age at Time 1 = 10.30 years, SD = 0.33; 49.7% boys) and their parents (M_age of fathers at Time 1 = 41.63 years, SD = 5.22; M_age of mothers at Time 1 = 39.11 years, SD = 4.47) participated the questionnaire survey at two time points, 1 year apart. Parental warmth was reported by both fathers and mothers at the first time point, while parent–child relationship and subjective well-being were self-reported by children at the first and second time points. The results of our latent variable structural equation modeling revealed that parental warmth at Time 1 positively predicted children’s subjective well-being at Time 2 via both parents’ own relationship with their child and their spouse’s relationship with their child after controlling the children’s subjective well-being at Time 1. Furthermore, there was no child gender difference in the indirect effect of parent–child relationships on the long-term effect of parental warmth on children’s subjective well-being. These findings provide significant implications for the improvement of children’s subjective well-being and suggest that more parental warmth from both fathers and mothers can help build positive parent–child relationships, thereby further promoting mental health development among children in China.

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Titel: Parental Warmth and Children’s Subjective Well-Being in China: the Indirect Effect of Parent–Child Relationship
Auteurs: Keman Yuan
Liuqing Jiang
Yufang Bian
Publicatiedatum: 11-12-2023
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02737-3

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