Affiliation:
1. Department of Human Development and Family Studies The Pennsylvania State University University Park Pennsylvania USA
2. Department of Education National Chengchi University Taipei Taiwan
3. Department of Psychology Asia University Taichung Taiwan
Abstract
AbstractIntroductionIn adolescence, life satisfaction is an early indicator of later psychological well‐being. However, researchers know little about how daily family relationships shape adolescent life satisfaction. The current study examined the day‐to‐day associations between parent–adolescent relationships and life satisfaction, and whether adolescent emotion dysregulation moderated these associations.MethodsA total of 191 adolescents (Mage = 12.93, SDage = 0.75, 53% female) recruited from junior high schools in Taiwan participated in a 10‐day daily diary protocol. We conducted multilevel analyses to examine within‐family and between‐family processes.ResultsAt the within‐family level, adolescents reported higher life satisfaction on days when parent–adolescent closeness was higher, but lower life satisfaction on days when parent–adolescent conflict was higher. At the between‐family level, higher parent–adolescent closeness was associated with greater life satisfaction on average, while parent–adolescent conflict was not related to adolescent life satisfaction. Cross‐level interactions indicated that within‐family changes in parent–adolescent closeness and conflict were only associated with life satisfaction for adolescents with higher levels of emotion dysregulation, indicating emotion dysregulation may intensify the role of daily parent–adolescent relationships in shaping adolescent life satisfaction.ConclusionsThis study expands current literature and provides novel evidence that changes in day‐to‐day parent–adolescent relationships have important implications for adolescent life satisfaction, especially for youth higher in emotion dysregulation. The findings underscore the importance of evaluating family and individual characteristics to better support adolescent well‐being.
Funder
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Social Psychology,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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