Family Rituals and Self-Control of Adolescents: A Chain Mediating Model of Parent-Child Attachment and Meaning in Life

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.06.015

Abstract

Abstract: To explore the relationship between family rituals and self-control, 1380 high school students participated in this study and were measured by Family Ritual Questionnaire, Parent-Child Attachment Scale, Meaning in Life Questionnaire, and Brief Self-Control Scale. The results showed that: 1) family rituals, parent-child attachment and meaning in life were positively correlated with self-control of adolescents; 2) parent-child attachment and meaning in life played partial mediating roles between family rituals and self-control; 3) parent-child attachment and meaning in life played significant chain mediating roles between family rituals and self-control.

Key words: family ritual, self-control, parent-child attachment, meaning in life

摘要： 以1380名高中生为被试，采用家庭仪式问卷、亲子依恋量表、生命意义感量表和自我控制量表，探讨了家庭仪式与青少年自我控制的关系及其可能机制。结果表明，家庭仪式、亲子依恋、生命意义感与自我控制之间均呈显著正相关；亲子依恋与生命意义感在家庭仪式与自我控制之间起中介作用，该中介作用包括三条路径：亲子依恋的中介作用，生命意义感的中介作用以及亲子依恋−生命意义感的链式中介作用。

关键词: 家庭仪式, 自我控制, 亲子依恋, 生命意义感

CLC Number:

B849

Mingzheng WU, Di CHEN, Mengyao YAN, Suhang NI, Shiqi WANG, Jinrong YIN, Xiaoling SUN. Family Rituals and Self-Control of Adolescents: A Chain Mediating Model of Parent-Child Attachment and Meaning in Life[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023, 21(6): 832-838.

吴明证, 陈迪, 严梦瑶, 倪苏杭, 王士祺, 尹金荣, 孙晓玲. 家庭仪式与青少年自我控制的关系：亲子依恋与生命意义感的链式中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2023, 21(6): 832-838.

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变量	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.性别	0.53
2.年龄	16.40	0.41	−0.16**
3.父母情感温暖	2.60	0.73	0.05	−0.06*
4.家庭功能	2.14	0.47	0.08**	−0.01	0.37***
5.家庭仪式	3.24	0.67	0.12***	−0.08	0.62***	0.43***
6.亲子依恋	3.50	0.82	0.08**	−0.05	0.75***	0.59***	0.65***
7.生命意义感	4.55	1.13	−0.04	−0.03	0.45***	0.11***	0.42***	0.38***
8.自我控制	2.80	0.63	0.00	−0.04	0.23***	0.14***	0.24***	0.26***	0.30***

变量	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1.性别	0.53
2.年龄	16.40	0.41	−0.16**
3.父母情感温暖	2.60	0.73	0.05	−0.06*
4.家庭功能	2.14	0.47	0.08**	−0.01	0.37***
5.家庭仪式	3.24	0.67	0.12***	−0.08	0.62***	0.43***
6.亲子依恋	3.50	0.82	0.08**	−0.05	0.75***	0.59***	0.65***
7.生命意义感	4.55	1.13	−0.04	−0.03	0.45***	0.11***	0.42***	0.38***
8.自我控制	2.80	0.63	0.00	−0.04	0.23***	0.14***	0.24***	0.26***	0.30***

路径	效应量	SE	LLCI	ULCI	相对中介效应(%)
总间接效应	0.08	0.02	0.05	0.12	65.23
家庭仪式→亲子依恋→自我控制	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.05	23.62
家庭仪式→生命意义感→自我控制	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.08	39.91
家庭仪式→亲子依恋→生命意义感→自我控制	0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.01	3.04

路径	效应量	SE	LLCI	ULCI	相对中介效应(%)
总间接效应	0.08	0.02	0.05	0.12	65.23
家庭仪式→亲子依恋→自我控制	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.05	23.62
家庭仪式→生命意义感→自我控制	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.08	39.91
家庭仪式→亲子依恋→生命意义感→自我控制	0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.01	3.04

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