LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY RESILIENCE AND PARENTS' SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING
LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY RESILIENCE AND PARENTS' SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between different family resilience dimensions (i.e., family problem solving, utilising social and economic resources, and family spirituality) and subjective well-being (SWB) of mothers and fathers. The data was collected from 848 pairs of mothers and fathers of elementary school-aged children, as a part of the three-year longitudinal project. Using paper-pencil questionnaires, mothers and fathers assessed family resilience, their life satisfaction and happiness in two study waves. The results of structural equation modelling showed that, among family resilience dimensions, only family problem solving was reliably longitudinally associated with greater SWB in both parents two years later. Other family resilience dimensions did not contribute significantly to either parent's SWB, after controlling for their SWB measured in the first wave of the study. Family resilience explained only a small portion of the variance in both mothers' and fathers' SWB, indicating that although family resilience does play a role in the parents' SWB, there are other individual and family factors that should be considered.

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