Mindful parenting positively associated with adolescents’ life satisfaction: the mediating role of adolescents’ coping self-efficacy
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Studies demonstrated that life satisfaction has a great impact on adolescents’ development. However, adolescence is a period with extensive challenges or stressors, which may threaten their life satisfaction if 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 477 parent-adolescent dyads. 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 positively associated with adolescents’ life satisfaction, and adolescents’ coping self-efficacy mediates the relationship. Specifically, higher levels of mindful parenting links with higher levels of adolescents’ coping self-efficacy, which in turn 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 result as well as future research directions are discussed.
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- Beijing Normal University