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Better family relationships - higher well-being: The connection between relationship quality and health related resources
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Abstract Family relationships form very important social relationships. They provide the social context enabling the development for a healthy personality and fostering social competencies and the capacity for social adjustment. Several constructs constitute a complex sample of health beneficial attributes, ... view more
Family relationships form very important social relationships. They provide the social context enabling the development for a healthy personality and fostering social competencies and the capacity for social adjustment. Several constructs constitute a complex sample of health beneficial attributes, such as resilience, sense of coherence, self-compassion and others, that haven't been investigated in connection with perceived quality of family relationships and collective family efficacy. In three studies we investigated, if perceived quality of family relationships – assessed with a relatively new measure: the Evaluation of Social Systems Scale – was associated with these advantageous health-related qualities, additionally confirming EVOS’ construct validity. In study 1 (N = 207) and 2 (N = 305) university students filled out several paper-pencil-questionnaire whereas in study 3 (N = 528) a heterogeneous sample took part in an online-survey. Controlling for participants’ age and sex, better family relationships were associated with reduced psychological distress (r = −.30 to −.37), more satisfaction with life (r = 0.40), stronger resilience (r = 0.37), sense of coherence (r = 0.37), self-compassion (r = 0.33), optimism (r = 0.32), general self-efficacy (r = 0.27), and self-esteem (r = 0.34). Results highlight the importance of the family environment not only for psychological health and quality of life, but also for individual adaptation and well-being. In future research, this should be especially addressed in designing and providing preventative interventions for families. Supplementary material associated with this article can be found, in
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Keywords
well-being; quality of life; family; online survey; resilience; psychophysical stress; coping behavior; endurance; self-esteem; measurement; social relations; self-efficacy; psychometrics; psychological stress; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Personality Psychology
Free Keywords
Family relationships; Psychological distress; Resilience; Sense of coherence; Well-being
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 1-8
Journal
Mental Health & Prevention (2019) 14
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mph.2019.200160
ISSN
2212-6570
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0