Naslov
A Longitudinal Perspective on The Relationship Between Parental Behaviors and The Child's Subjective Well Being (SWB)

Autori
Kućar, Maja ; Brajša-Žganec, Andreja ; Džida, Marija ; Kaliterna Lipovčan, Ljiljana ; Babarović, Toni

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the XXIX Scientific Conference Empirical Studies in Psychology / - Beograd, 2023, 77-77

ISBN
978-86-6427-247-6

Skup
Empirical Studies in Psychology

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 31.03.2023. - 02.04.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
children ; subjective well-being, parental behavior, longitudinal data, middle childhood

Sažetak
Research on parental behavior has found evidence that children who receive adequate parental care tend to have better personal outcomes. This study aimed to explore the role of parental behaviors in explaining a child's subjective well-being, measured one year later. The hypothesis is that parental behaviors will predict SWB measures, above and beyond SWB measures from the first research wave and sociodemographic factors (age and gender of the child). The research is part of the CHILD-WELL project, funded by the Croatian Science Foundation. Children assessed their well- being on the Student Life Satisfaction Scale (cognitive component of SWB) and PANAS-C (affective component of SWB). They also assessed their parents’ behavior (URP), for mothers and fathers separately. The URP questionnaire has six subscales: warmth, autonomy, permissiveness, parental knowledge, punishment, and intrusion. All assessments are measured twice, with one year gap in between data collection. In total, 1379 children participated in the two research waves of this study. The participants' mean age is 11.52 (SD = 1.14), and the sample is balanced by gender (M = 48, 2%, F = 51.8%). Three separate hierarchical regression analyses were made, with three outcomes – SLSS, positive (PA), and negative affect (NA). In all three analyses, parental behavior was added after controlling for the outcome variable from the first research wave, age, and gender of the child. For SLSS, adding parental behavior increased the explained variance by only 2% (R2 = 0.61, ΔR2 =.02, F(12, 891) = 3.38, p < .01). Mother’s punishment (β = -.07, p < .05), and father’s warmth (β = .11, p < .01) were the only significant predictors of SLSS. With PA as the outcome, no independent significant predictors emerged. Repeating the procedure for NA, parental behavior increased the explained variance by 4% (R2 = 0.30, ΔR2 =.04, F(12, 945) = 4.48, p < .01), with the mother’s permissiveness (β = -.07, p < .05) and father’s punishment (β = .10, p < .01) as the only significant predictors of the child’s NA. Gender and age were significant sociodemographic predictors in all three cases. Overall, older children have lower SLSS, less PA, and more NA. On the other hand, the male gender predicts higher SLSS, more PA, and less NA. The results of the study possibly indicate that other factors other than parental behavior play a role in the child’s subjective well-being.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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