Mediating Effects of Children’s Desire for Autonomy and Socially Prescribed Perfectionism on Mothers’ Child-Based Self-Worth and Psychological Control and the Subjective Well-Being of Young Adults

The coronavirus pandemic has significantly affected the Turkish population. During the pandemic, people with high coronavirus stress are at risk of experiencing poor subjective well-being. There is no research investigating the role of meaning-based coping and spirituality in explaining the link between coronavirus stress and subjective well-being. This study examined the mediating roles of meaning-based coping and spiritual well-being in the link between coronavirus stress and subjective well-being in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample included 427 young adults (71% female), ranging in age between 18 and 48 years (M = 21.06; SD = 2.62). Turkish young adults completed an online survey, including measures of coronavirus stress, subjective well-being, meaning-based coping, and spiritual well-being. The results indicate that greater meaning-based coping and spiritual well-being mediated decreases in the adverse impacts of coronavirus stress on subjective well-being. These results suggest that the importance of a combination of meaning-based coping and spirituality processes mitigate the adverse effects of stress on well-being during the coronavirus pandemic. Interventions focusing on meaning-based coping and spirituality in those experiencing high coronavirus stress are urgently needed to improve the mental health and well-being of young adults.

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Mediating Effects of Self-Concept Clarity and Moderating Effects of Optimism Between Parental Psychological Control and Subjective Well-being

Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction ◽

10.22251/jlcci.2016.16.9.673 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 16 (9) ◽

pp. 673-698

Author(s):

Jong-Un KIm ◽

Ji-Hye Lee ◽

Keyword(s):

Psychological Control ◽

Well Being ◽

Self Concept ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Moderating Effects ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Parental Psychological Control

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Parent Autonomy Support and Psychological Control, Dark Triad, and Subjective Well-Being of Chinese Adolescents: Synergy of Variable- and Person-Centered Approaches

The Journal of Early Adolescence ◽

10.1177/0272431619880335 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (7) ◽

pp. 966-995 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ruoxuan Li ◽

Meilin Yao ◽

Yunxiang Chen ◽

Hongrui Liu

Keyword(s):

Autonomy Support ◽

Psychological Control ◽

Well Being ◽

Dark Triad ◽

Chinese Adolescents ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Parental Autonomy Support ◽

Parental Autonomy

In the current study, variable- and person-centered approaches were simultaneously adopted to investigate the relations among perceived parental autonomy support and psychological control, the Dark Triad traits, and subjective well-being (SWB) among Chinese adolescents ( N = 1,533). Results showed that autonomy support from parents primarily contributed to narcissism, whereas psychological control predicted all the Dark Triad traits, which in turn had reversed effects on adolescents’ SWB. In particular, narcissism had more prominent effects on SWB and important mediating effects in the relation between parent autonomy support and psychological control and SWB. Four distinct Dark Triad traits groups were identified, and the characteristics of these groups suggested that Machiavellianism was more strongly related to psychopathy relative to narcissism; moreover, the four groups demonstrated different links with parental autonomy support and psychological control and SWB, further supporting the results noted above. Implications for theory and practice are included.

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