Naslov
A CROSS-LAGGED MODEL OF PARENTS’ SOCIAL SUPPORT AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING

Autori
Džida, Marija ; Brajša-Žganec, Andreja ; Kućar, Maja ; Kaliterna Lipovčan, Ljiljana ; Tadić Vujčić, Maja

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

Izvornik
XXIX scientific conference Empirical studies in psychology: Book of abstracts / - Beograd, 2023, 97-97

ISBN
978-86-6427-247-6

Skup
XXIX scientific conference Empirical studies in psychology

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 31.03.2023. - 02.04.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
subjective well-being ; social support ; parents ; longitudinal models

Sažetak
People who perceive higher levels of social support from their close ones, also report higher levels of subjective well-being. However, it is not entirely clear whether this relationship is unidirectional or bidirectional. Social support may predict changes in subjective well-being, but higher well-being may also contribute to a higher capacity for obtaining higher levels of social support. The goal of this study was to assess these links among parents of children who are transitioning to adolescence. Parents may be benefiting from good social resources at a time when conflicts with their children may be arising. The study was conducted as part of the project Child well-being in the context of family (CHILD-WELL) which is financed by the Croatian Science Foundation. Data was collected at two-time points over a 1-year from 723 pairs of mothers and fathers who live together. Parents assessed their subjective well-being with the Personal Well-being Index and support from family and friends with The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Reciprocal links were examined with two autoregressive cross-lagged panel models. Models had good data fit for mothers (χ 2 (325) = 695.151, p < .01, CFI = 0.970, RMSEA = 0.046, SRMR = 0.050) and fathers (χ 2 (325) = 561.287, p < .01, CFI = 0.979, RMSEA = 0.037, SRMR = 0.036). Autoregressive paths were significant, and overall explained variance for mothers ranged between 41% for family support, and 55% for subjective well-being, and for fathers, it ranged between 40% for friends support and 43% for subjective well-being. For mothers, higher perceived support from friends at the first time point predicted higher subjective well-being a year later (β = 0.152, p < .01), and vice versa, subjective well-being from the first time-point predicted higher perceived friends support (β = 0.141, p < .01). Family support didn’t have any significant cross-lagged effect in the model for mothers. The opposite pattern was shown for fathers. Family support (β = 0.125, p < .05) and subjective well-being (β = 0.126, p < .01) from the first time point had significant bidirectional links across time, while perceived support from friends didn’t show significant associations with other constructs across time. These results show that there are cross-lagged links between perceived social support and mothers’ and fathers’ subjective well-being across a period of one year. However, mothers and fathers may benefit from different sources of social support.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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