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The mediating role of negative affectin the relationship between family functioning and subjective happiness in Spanish colleges tudents / El papel mediador del afecto negativo en la relación entre funcionamiento familiar y felicidad subjetiva en estudiantes universitarios españoles
Dolores, María; Ester Ato, Galian.
Affiliation
  • Dolores, María; University of Murcia. Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Murcia. Spain
  • Ester Ato, Galian; University of Murcia. Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Murcia. Spain
An. psicol ; 39(2): 239-251, May-Sep. 2023. ilus, tab
Article in English | IBECS | ID: ibc-219763
Responsible library: ES1.1
Localization: ES15.1 - BNCS
ABSTRACT
Previous research shows that family functioning and an individ-ual’s temperamentalcharacteristics carry significant weight in explaining subjective happiness. However, thelink between these factors is scarcely considered in emerging adulthood. For moreunderstanding, the main aim of our study was to explore the mediating role of negativeaffect on the re-lationship between family functioning and subjective happiness among asample of 347 college students in Spain. Results showed moderate scores in family cohesion and flexibility were positively associated to a young per-son ́s subjective happiness, whilesome extreme scores in those scales showed the opposite pattern. In contrast, negativeaffect was negatively as-sociated to subjective happiness in collegestudents. SEManalyses revealed that negative affect fully mediates the relationship between bothbalanced and unbalanced family functioning and subjective happiness. As regardsdysfunctional family patterns, we found that negative affect fully mediated therelationship between disengaged, enmeshed and chaotic unbalanced scales, andsubjective happiness. However, this mediational pattern failed to replicate in theunbalanced rigid scale. The social and clinical implica-tions of these results on thepromotion of subjective happiness in early adulthood was discussed, taking into accountSpanishculturalbeliefsonfamily functioning and well-being.(AU)
RESUMEN
Estudios previos muestran que el funcionamiento familiar y las características temperamentales del individuo tienen un peso importante en la explicación de su felicidad subjetiva. Sin embargo, el vínculo entre estos factores ha sido escasamente estudiado en la adultez emergente. El objetivo de nuestro trabajo fue explorar el papel mediador del afecto negativo en la relación entre funcionamiento familiar y felicidad en una muestra de 347 estudiantes universitarios españoles. Los análisis mostraron que puntuaciones moderadas en cohesión y flexibilidad familiar se asociaron positivamente a la felicidad subjetiva, al contrario que las puntuaciones extremas de dichas escalas. Por el contrario, el afecto negativo se asoció negativamente con la felicidad. Los análisis SEM mostraron que el afecto negativo medió la relación entre funcionamiento familiar (equilibrado y desequilibrado) y felicidad subjetiva. Con respecto a los patrones familiares disfuncionales, encontramos que el afecto negativo medió la relación entre las escalas de desapego, dependencia y caos, y felicidad. Sin embargo, este patrón mediacional no se observó para la escala de rigidez. Se discuten las implicaciones sociales y clínicas que estos resultados tienen en la promoción de la felicidad subjetiva en la adultez temprana, teniendo en cuenta las creencias culturales españolas sobre funcionamiento familiar y bienestar.(AU)
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Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Spain Database: IBECS Main subject: Family / Affect / Dependency, Psychological / Happiness Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: An. psicol Year: 2023 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: University of Murcia/Spain

Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Spain Database: IBECS Main subject: Family / Affect / Dependency, Psychological / Happiness Limits: Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: An. psicol Year: 2023 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: University of Murcia/Spain
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