Mindful parenting is positively associated with adolescents’ life satisfaction: the mediating role of adolescents’ coping self-efficacy

Studies have demonstrated that life satisfaction has a large impact on adolescents’ development. However, adolescence is a period with extensive challenges and stressors that may threaten adolescents’ life satisfaction if they cope with them ineffectively. The current study investigated the effect of mindful parenting on adolescents’ life satisfaction and the mediating role of adolescents’ coping self-efficacy. The participants included 479 parent-adolescent dyads. Data on both parents’ self-reported mindful parenting and adolescents’ perception of their parents’ mindful parenting were collected and combined to estimate levels of mindful parenting. The results indicated that mindful parenting is positively associated with adolescents’ life satisfaction and that adolescents’ coping self-efficacy mediates this relationship. Specifically, higher levels of mindful parenting are linked with higher levels of adolescents’ coping self-efficacy, which in turn is positively associated with adolescents’ life satisfaction. These findings shed light on the importance of mindful parenting for the healthy development of adolescents. The theoretical and practical implications of the current study results as well as future research directions are discussed.

研究表明，生活满意度对青少年的成长具有重大影响。然而，青春期是一个充满挑战和压力的时期，若青少年应对不当，这些挑战和压力可能威胁到他们的生活满意度。本研究旨在探讨正念养育对青少年生活满意度的影响，以及青少年应对自我效能感的调节作用。研究对象包括479对父母与青少年的组合。通过收集父母自报的正念养育数据和青少年对父母正念养育的感知数据，并合并这些数据来估计正念养育的水平。研究结果表明，正念养育与青少年生活满意度呈正相关，且青少年的应对自我效能感在两者之间起调节作用。具体而言，较高的正念养育水平与较高的青少年应对自我效能感相关联，而后者又与青少年生活满意度呈正相关。这些发现凸显了正念养育对于青少年健康成长的重要性。本研究结果的理沦意义和实践启示，以及未来的研究方向亦被予以讨论。