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Positive Parenting, Prosocial Behavior, Meaning in Life, and Subjective Well-being in Adolescents: a Parallel and Serial Mediation Analysis

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  • Gökmen Arslan

    (Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
    University of Melbourne)

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the direct and indirect relationships among positive parenting, meaning in life, prosocial behavior, and subjective well-being using a parallel and serial mediation model. We sought to examine whether meaning in life and prosocial behavior mediate the association between parenting and subjective well-being, and whether prosocial behavior mediates the relationship between this positive parenting and adolescents’ sense of meaning in life. This research involved 408 high school adolescents who were registered in a Turkish high school. The student composition was 30.5% male and 69.5% female, with ages ranging from 13 to 18 years (mean = 15.80, standard deviation = 1.27). Parallel mediation analyses indicated that meaning in life and prosocial behavior mediated the relationship between positive parenting (i.e., strength-based parenting) and adolescent subjective well-being. Furthermore, the serial mediation model revealed that these variables mediated this relationship, and prosocial behavior served as a mediator in the association between parenting and meaning in life. Additional results also suggested that the mediating role of meaning in life and prosocial behavior may differ between female and male adolescents. As a result, the study provides evidence that positive parenting practices are a significant factor in increased subjective well-being and that meaning in life and prosocial behaviors, in turn, enhance parents’ impact on adolescent well-being.

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  • Gökmen Arslan, 2024. "Positive Parenting, Prosocial Behavior, Meaning in Life, and Subjective Well-being in Adolescents: a Parallel and Serial Mediation Analysis," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 17(4), pages 1547-1561, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:17:y:2024:i:4:d:10.1007_s12187-024-10144-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-024-10144-3
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    1. Hayley K. Jach & Jessie Sun & Daniel Loton & Tan-Chyuan Chin & Lea E. Waters, 2018. "Strengths and Subjective Wellbeing in Adolescence: Strength-Based Parenting and the Moderating Effect of Mindset," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 567-586, February.
    2. Arslan, Gökmen & Genç, Emel & Yıldırım, Murat & Tanhan, Ahmet & Allen, Kelly-Ann, 2022. "Psychological Maltreatment, Meaning in Life, Emotions, and Psychological Health in Young Adults: A Multi-Mediation Approach," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 132(C).
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