The Relationship Between Interparental Conflict and Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being: A Chain Mediation Model

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.03.009

Abstract

Abstract:

To explore the relationship between interparental conflict and adolescents’ subjective well-being in two-child families, and to analyze the mediating effects of sibling relationships and basic psychological needs satisfaction, based on family system theory and self-determination theory, a questionnaire survey was conducted among 907 adolescents from two-child families. Results showed that: 1) Interparental conflict was significantly and negatively related to adolescents’ subjective well-being in two-child families. 2) The interparental conflict on the subjective well-being of adolescents was mediated by “sibling warmth/hostility” respectively in two-child families. 3) “Sibling warmth - basic psychological needs satisfaction” also played the partial role of chain intermediary between the interparental conflict and adolescents’ subjective well-being in two-child families. Practically, these findings reveal the process of interparental conflict on adolescents’ subjective well-being in two-child families, which provides implications for the upbringing of two-child families.

Key words: interparental conflict, subjective well-being, sibling relationships, basic psychological needs satisfaction, adolescent

摘要：

为探讨二孩家庭中父母婚姻冲突与青少年主观幸福感的关系，同时分析同胞关系和基本心理需要满足在其中的中介效应，基于家庭系统理论和自我决定理论，本研究采用问卷调查法对907名来自二孩家庭的青少年进行了测查。结果发现：(1)父母婚姻冲突与二孩家庭青少年的主观幸福感显著负相关；(2)父母婚姻冲突与二孩家庭青少年主观幸福感的关系被“同胞温暖”“同胞敌意”两条路径部分中介；(3)父母婚姻冲突与二孩家庭青少年主观幸福感的关系还被“同胞温暖−基本心理需要满足”这一链式路径部分中介。研究揭示了父母婚姻冲突是如何影响二孩家庭青少年主观幸福感的，对二孩家庭教养具有重要意义。

关键词: 父母婚姻冲突, 主观幸福感, 同胞关系, 基本心理需要满足, 青少年

CLC Number:

B844

Ran HE, Fumei CHEN, Rui LUO, Yunyan ZHAO, Zhaoyi LI, Yuhan LUO. The Relationship Between Interparental Conflict and Adolescents’ Subjective Well-Being: A Chain Mediation Model[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023, 21(3): 352-358.

何然, 陈福美, 罗芮, 赵云燕, 李昭仪, 罗玉晗. 父母婚姻冲突与青少年主观幸福感的关系：一个链式中介模型[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2023, 21(3): 352-358.

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变量	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.家庭主观社会经济地位	5.99	1.80
2.性别
3.出生顺序
4.父母婚姻冲突	1.79	0.73	−0.13**	−0.01	−0.04
5.主观幸福感	11.93	2.74	0.05	0.05	−0.01	−0.20**
6.基本心理需要满足	5.01	1.27	0.14**	0.01	−0.03	−0.32**	0.42**
7.同胞温暖	3.83	0.73	0.12**	0.09*	−0.08*	−0.23**	0.44**	0.41**
8.同胞敌意	1.68	0.63	−0.04	0.04	−0.08*	0.38**	−0.27**	−0.34**	−0.38**

变量	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.家庭主观社会经济地位	5.99	1.80
2.性别
3.出生顺序
4.父母婚姻冲突	1.79	0.73	−0.13**	−0.01	−0.04
5.主观幸福感	11.93	2.74	0.05	0.05	−0.01	−0.20**
6.基本心理需要满足	5.01	1.27	0.14**	0.01	−0.03	−0.32**	0.42**
7.同胞温暖	3.83	0.73	0.12**	0.09*	−0.08*	−0.23**	0.44**	0.41**
8.同胞敌意	1.68	0.63	−0.04	0.04	−0.08*	0.38**	−0.27**	−0.34**	−0.38**

路径	估计值	SE	95%置信区间
父母婚姻冲突→主观幸福感	−0.17	0.04	[−0.24, −0.10]
父母婚姻冲突→同胞温暖→主观幸福感	−0.04	0.01	[−0.07, −0.02]
父母婚姻冲突→同胞敌意→主观幸福感	−0.05	0.02	[−0.08, −0.02]
父母婚姻冲突→同胞温暖→基本心理需要满足→主观幸福感	−0.02	0.01	[−0.03, −0.01]

路径	估计值	SE	95%置信区间
父母婚姻冲突→主观幸福感	−0.17	0.04	[−0.24, −0.10]
父母婚姻冲突→同胞温暖→主观幸福感	−0.04	0.01	[−0.07, −0.02]
父母婚姻冲突→同胞敌意→主观幸福感	−0.05	0.02	[−0.08, −0.02]
父母婚姻冲突→同胞温暖→基本心理需要满足→主观幸福感	−0.02	0.01	[−0.03, −0.01]

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