Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2207052
Yanfang Zhou, ShuZhen Chen, Xiaojie Deng, Sihui Wang, Leishan Shi
We aimed to examine the mediating role of kindergarten teachers’ professional identity and work passion in the relationship between self-efficacy and career resilience. A sample of 662 kindergarten teachers from 30 kindergartens in China completed online surveys (female = 99.2%; mean age = 29.38 years, SD = 2.78 years; mean tenure = 9.27 years, SD = 2.21 years). We collected data on their self-efficacy, professional identity, career resilience, and work passion using validated measures. Structural equation modelling and mediating effect estimation analyses indicated that teacher self-efficacy positively predicted career resilience. Both professional identity and work passion separately mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and career resilience. Furthermore, professional identity and work passion had a chain mediating effect on the relationship between self-efficacy and career resilience, strengthening this relationship. These findings are consistent with work well-being theory. Based on these findings, we propose a need for school systems to support teachers in their professional identity and work passion for greater work well-being.
{"title":"Self-efficacy and career resilience: The mediating role of professional identity and work passion in kindergarten teachers","authors":"Yanfang Zhou, ShuZhen Chen, Xiaojie Deng, Sihui Wang, Leishan Shi","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2207052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2207052","url":null,"abstract":"We aimed to examine the mediating role of kindergarten teachers’ professional identity and work passion in the relationship between self-efficacy and career resilience. A sample of 662 kindergarten teachers from 30 kindergartens in China completed online surveys (female = 99.2%; mean age = 29.38 years, SD = 2.78 years; mean tenure = 9.27 years, SD = 2.21 years). We collected data on their self-efficacy, professional identity, career resilience, and work passion using validated measures. Structural equation modelling and mediating effect estimation analyses indicated that teacher self-efficacy positively predicted career resilience. Both professional identity and work passion separately mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and career resilience. Furthermore, professional identity and work passion had a chain mediating effect on the relationship between self-efficacy and career resilience, strengthening this relationship. These findings are consistent with work well-being theory. Based on these findings, we propose a need for school systems to support teachers in their professional identity and work passion for greater work well-being.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"165 - 170"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43964267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2190224
Precious Lucille Moakamela, I. Khumalo
Cultural norms and their regulation in society account for individual behaviour and related psychological processes. This study investigated if and how cultural norm regulation mediated the relationship between identity processing styles and intentional personal growth. A sample of 613 students (mean age = 19.72 years, SD = 1.67 years; female = 454, 74.1%) completed the Revised Identity Styles Inventory-5; the Personal Growth Initiative Scale-2; and the Cultural Tightness– Looseness Scale. To investigate the hypothesised mediation, we tested direct and indirect effects models in Mplus. Of the 14 possible direct effects between the two viable identity styles (informational and diffuse-avoidant) and four dimensions of personal growth initiative (readiness for change, planfulness, using resources, and intentional behaviour), 12 were significant. And of the 12 pathways, only three were mediated by cultural tightness, namely informational style to readiness for change, planfulness, and intentional behaviour. The findings demonstrate the value of strict cultural norm regulation in facilitating intentional personal growth in this group.
{"title":"Identity processing styles and personal growth initiative in college students: The mediating role of cultural tightness–looseness","authors":"Precious Lucille Moakamela, I. Khumalo","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2190224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2190224","url":null,"abstract":"Cultural norms and their regulation in society account for individual behaviour and related psychological processes. This study investigated if and how cultural norm regulation mediated the relationship between identity processing styles and intentional personal growth. A sample of 613 students (mean age = 19.72 years, SD = 1.67 years; female = 454, 74.1%) completed the Revised Identity Styles Inventory-5; the Personal Growth Initiative Scale-2; and the Cultural Tightness– Looseness Scale. To investigate the hypothesised mediation, we tested direct and indirect effects models in Mplus. Of the 14 possible direct effects between the two viable identity styles (informational and diffuse-avoidant) and four dimensions of personal growth initiative (readiness for change, planfulness, using resources, and intentional behaviour), 12 were significant. And of the 12 pathways, only three were mediated by cultural tightness, namely informational style to readiness for change, planfulness, and intentional behaviour. The findings demonstrate the value of strict cultural norm regulation in facilitating intentional personal growth in this group.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"122 - 131"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48781205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2182032
Hai-ao Zheng, Xinqi Lin, He Ding, Weilin Su
This study aimed to revise and validate the Human Resources Attributions (HRAs) scale for use in a Chinese context. 480 Chinese employees from a financial organisation completed the survey (female = 55.3%; bachelor’s degree = 70%; mean age = 36.4 years, SD = 8.513 years). Exploratory factors analysis yielded a two-factor scale of commitment-focused HRAs (alpha = 0.806) and control-focused HRAs (alpha = 0.836). Commitment-focused HRAs are service quality-oriented, while control-focused HRAs aim to reduce costs to the organisation. The revised HRA scale includes an item related to corporate image, adding to its incremental value. The test and use of this scale are recommended in other countries for evidence of cross-cultural transposability.
{"title":"Preliminary revision and validation of the Human Resource Attributions Scale","authors":"Hai-ao Zheng, Xinqi Lin, He Ding, Weilin Su","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2182032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2182032","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to revise and validate the Human Resources Attributions (HRAs) scale for use in a Chinese context. 480 Chinese employees from a financial organisation completed the survey (female = 55.3%; bachelor’s degree = 70%; mean age = 36.4 years, SD = 8.513 years). Exploratory factors analysis yielded a two-factor scale of commitment-focused HRAs (alpha = 0.806) and control-focused HRAs (alpha = 0.836). Commitment-focused HRAs are service quality-oriented, while control-focused HRAs aim to reduce costs to the organisation. The revised HRA scale includes an item related to corporate image, adding to its incremental value. The test and use of this scale are recommended in other countries for evidence of cross-cultural transposability.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"144 - 149"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48302362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-04DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2182033
Qishan Zheng, Sisi Liu, Jianhong Zheng, Maojin Gu, Wuming He
This study examined the relationship between loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among university students, as well as the mediating role of fear of missing out in that relationship. College undergraduates (n = 233; female = 51.1%; first-year students = 12.9%; mean age = 22.50 years, SD =1.70 years) from several Chinese provinces completed the University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, The shortened Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale, and the Fear of Missing Out Scale. Statistical analysis confirmed the positive correlation among loneliness, problematic mobile phone use, and fear of missing out. Following multiple regression analysis, results showed that demographic variables including age, sex, and place of hometown did not predict problematic mobile phone use. These findings suggest that the fear of missing out has a significant influence on how college students manage their loneliness and problematic mobile phone use.
{"title":"College students’ loneliness and problematic mobile phone use: Mediation by fear of missing out","authors":"Qishan Zheng, Sisi Liu, Jianhong Zheng, Maojin Gu, Wuming He","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2182033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2182033","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the relationship between loneliness and problematic mobile phone use among university students, as well as the mediating role of fear of missing out in that relationship. College undergraduates (n = 233; female = 51.1%; first-year students = 12.9%; mean age = 22.50 years, SD =1.70 years) from several Chinese provinces completed the University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale, The shortened Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale, and the Fear of Missing Out Scale. Statistical analysis confirmed the positive correlation among loneliness, problematic mobile phone use, and fear of missing out. Following multiple regression analysis, results showed that demographic variables including age, sex, and place of hometown did not predict problematic mobile phone use. These findings suggest that the fear of missing out has a significant influence on how college students manage their loneliness and problematic mobile phone use.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"115 - 121"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45782140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2182948
M. Carter, Ronél van der Watt, Karel Esterhuyse
The study aimed to determine the mediating and/or moderating associations of perceived parent attachment and peer attachment dimensions (trust, communication, alienation) with bullying experiences (perpetration and/or victimisation). Data were collected from 465 Sesotho-speaking learners (10 – 12 years; female = 274; male = 191). Participants completed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment Revised for Children and the Adolescent Peer Relations Instrument: Bully/Target. Multiple hierarchical regression analyses indicated a significant negative association between parent attachment and bullying perpetration only, and between peer attachment and bullying perpetration and/or victimisation (except for peer alienation and bullying perpetration). Parent attachment was not differentially associated with bullying experiences among boys and girls. Peer attachment dimensions did not mediate or moderate the association between parent attachment and bullying perpetration and/or victimisation. Anti-bullying interventions should prioritise peer attachment resources, which is proximal in the development of pre-adolescents and their lived school life.
{"title":"Parent and peer attachment in bullying experiences among pre-adolescents","authors":"M. Carter, Ronél van der Watt, Karel Esterhuyse","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2182948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2182948","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed to determine the mediating and/or moderating associations of perceived parent attachment and peer attachment dimensions (trust, communication, alienation) with bullying experiences (perpetration and/or victimisation). Data were collected from 465 Sesotho-speaking learners (10 – 12 years; female = 274; male = 191). Participants completed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment Revised for Children and the Adolescent Peer Relations Instrument: Bully/Target. Multiple hierarchical regression analyses indicated a significant negative association between parent attachment and bullying perpetration only, and between peer attachment and bullying perpetration and/or victimisation (except for peer alienation and bullying perpetration). Parent attachment was not differentially associated with bullying experiences among boys and girls. Peer attachment dimensions did not mediate or moderate the association between parent attachment and bullying perpetration and/or victimisation. Anti-bullying interventions should prioritise peer attachment resources, which is proximal in the development of pre-adolescents and their lived school life.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"26 - 34"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48201174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2175982
K. Peltzer
This study aimed to examine the psychosocial factors associated with physical injury among adults in Eswatini. The investigation included 3 281 individuals (15 to 69 years) from the 2014 Eswatini cross-sectional STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance (STEPS) survey. Results indicated that 8.5% of participants had physical injury in the past 12 months, 1.2% had a road traffic injury, 6.3% had other injury, and 2.4% had violence incidents in the past 12 months. In adjusted logistic regression analysis, younger age (15 to 24 years, and 25 to 34 years), exposure to childhood physical abuse, threats, family member attempted suicide, and past and current tobacco use were significantly and positively associated with injury. Furthermore, in separate multivariable models, binge drinking was significantly and positively associated with road traffic injury, and violent injury. Almost one in ten participants (8.5%) had any injury in the past 12 months. The results suggest that psychosocial antecedents should be integrated into injury prevention in this low-resourced country.
{"title":"Psychosocial factors associated with physical injury among adults in Eswatini","authors":"K. Peltzer","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175982","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to examine the psychosocial factors associated with physical injury among adults in Eswatini. The investigation included 3 281 individuals (15 to 69 years) from the 2014 Eswatini cross-sectional STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance (STEPS) survey. Results indicated that 8.5% of participants had physical injury in the past 12 months, 1.2% had a road traffic injury, 6.3% had other injury, and 2.4% had violence incidents in the past 12 months. In adjusted logistic regression analysis, younger age (15 to 24 years, and 25 to 34 years), exposure to childhood physical abuse, threats, family member attempted suicide, and past and current tobacco use were significantly and positively associated with injury. Furthermore, in separate multivariable models, binge drinking was significantly and positively associated with road traffic injury, and violent injury. Almost one in ten participants (8.5%) had any injury in the past 12 months. The results suggest that psychosocial antecedents should be integrated into injury prevention in this low-resourced country.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"86 - 91"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46731836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2175975
Lehlogonolo Hadebe, Cebile Tebele, E. Nel
Despite the significant challenges faced by its employees, the South African mining industry continues to contribute to the economy. This study explored employee retention factors in the South African mining industry from the perspective of high-performing employees. Five high-performing employees in a platinum-producing mine (male = 4, black = 4, middle managers = 5) completed in-depth telephone interviews. A thematic content analysis revealed the following four themes: (i) job content, (ii) career factors, (iii) workplace relationships, and (iv) compensation. We present and discuss each of these themes, before concluding with the theoretical and practical implications for employee retention in the South African mining industry.
{"title":"Employee perceptions of key retention factors in the mining industry: A qualitative study","authors":"Lehlogonolo Hadebe, Cebile Tebele, E. Nel","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175975","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175975","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the significant challenges faced by its employees, the South African mining industry continues to contribute to the economy. This study explored employee retention factors in the South African mining industry from the perspective of high-performing employees. Five high-performing employees in a platinum-producing mine (male = 4, black = 4, middle managers = 5) completed in-depth telephone interviews. A thematic content analysis revealed the following four themes: (i) job content, (ii) career factors, (iii) workplace relationships, and (iv) compensation. We present and discuss each of these themes, before concluding with the theoretical and practical implications for employee retention in the South African mining industry.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"92 - 96"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44286018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2175980
Tingting Hu, Shuyong Li
{"title":"Cultural Models of Emotions","authors":"Tingting Hu, Shuyong Li","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175980","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"97 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43424955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The present study investigated the relationship between the classroom environment (CE) and hidden dropout (HD), and the chain mediating role of college identification (CI) and academic achievement (AA) in that relationship. A total of 1 214 Chinese college students were participants. Specifically, 63.43% were female students, 15.90% were junior students, 35.17% were sophomore students, and 37.40% were freshmen students. The students completed the hidden dropout scale, as well as measures of the classroom environment and the college identification. Students’ academic record of the previous semester served as the academic achievement measures. Road path analysis was used to examine the relationships between variables and to test the hypothesized mediating effects. Results indicated that a lower sense of CE was associated with higher HD dropout. The CE not only directly affected college students’ HD but also indirectly affected their HD level through the chain intermediary role of college identification and AA. CI significantly mediated CE and DP, so that DP was lower. Similarly, higher AA mediated the CE and HD relationship so that HD was lower in students who were happier with the college environment and who had higher grades. Path road analysis revealed a chain mediating effect of CI and AA on the relationship between CE and HD because their joint effect was 0.23% higher than the mediating effect of CI, and 6.24% higher than the AA’s mediating effect. These findings suggest a need for college student development offices to pay attention to college students, particularly male students, in terms of the importance of creating a positive classroom environment and supporting college identification and academic achievement to reduce the likelihood of college students becoming silent/hidden dropouts. Additionally, college student development offices should address the different mechanisms that may influence their reason for dropping out silently.
{"title":"The classroom environment and college students’ being silent/hidden dropouts: The chain of mediating effects of college identification and academic achievement","authors":"Yongtao Gan, Tian Zhang, Jian Gao, Yifei Li, Jing Zhang, Wenjun Wang","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2175965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2175965","url":null,"abstract":"The present study investigated the relationship between the classroom environment (CE) and hidden dropout (HD), and the chain mediating role of college identification (CI) and academic achievement (AA) in that relationship. A total of 1 214 Chinese college students were participants. Specifically, 63.43% were female students, 15.90% were junior students, 35.17% were sophomore students, and 37.40% were freshmen students. The students completed the hidden dropout scale, as well as measures of the classroom environment and the college identification. Students’ academic record of the previous semester served as the academic achievement measures. Road path analysis was used to examine the relationships between variables and to test the hypothesized mediating effects. Results indicated that a lower sense of CE was associated with higher HD dropout. The CE not only directly affected college students’ HD but also indirectly affected their HD level through the chain intermediary role of college identification and AA. CI significantly mediated CE and DP, so that DP was lower. Similarly, higher AA mediated the CE and HD relationship so that HD was lower in students who were happier with the college environment and who had higher grades. Path road analysis revealed a chain mediating effect of CI and AA on the relationship between CE and HD because their joint effect was 0.23% higher than the mediating effect of CI, and 6.24% higher than the AA’s mediating effect. These findings suggest a need for college student development offices to pay attention to college students, particularly male students, in terms of the importance of creating a positive classroom environment and supporting college identification and academic achievement to reduce the likelihood of college students becoming silent/hidden dropouts. Additionally, college student development offices should address the different mechanisms that may influence their reason for dropping out silently.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"75 - 85"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48560926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2023.2182949
Zeming Jin, Ruiqian Li, Yanyan Liu, Wenxiao Cui, Xiao Yang
We examined the relationship between fathers’ parenting attitudes and children’s social adaptability, as well as the mediating effect of children’s peer communication ability in that relationship. The participants were 228 young Chinese children (boys =54.3%, girls=45.7%; mean age =5 years, SD = 0.08 years) and their fathers (n = 228; mean age = 32.73 years, SD = 4.77 years). The data model showed that the father’s parenting attitudes are associated with children’s peer communication and social adaptability. Children’s peer communication ability played a mediating role in the relationship between fathers’ parenting attitudes and children’s social adaptability. Male children and younger aged fathers were associated with high child social adaptability and children’s peer communication ability. The results suggest that fathers’ positive parenting attitudes (emotional warmth and understanding or interference protection) can improve children’s peer communication and social adaptability, whereas their negative parenting attitudes (punishment or refusal to deny) can hinder these abilities. For children’s mental health well-being, fathers should establish positive parenting attitudes to improve their children’s social adaptability and the quality of their peer relationships.
{"title":"Father influences on child social adaptability: Mediation by peer communication ability","authors":"Zeming Jin, Ruiqian Li, Yanyan Liu, Wenxiao Cui, Xiao Yang","doi":"10.1080/14330237.2023.2182949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2023.2182949","url":null,"abstract":"We examined the relationship between fathers’ parenting attitudes and children’s social adaptability, as well as the mediating effect of children’s peer communication ability in that relationship. The participants were 228 young Chinese children (boys =54.3%, girls=45.7%; mean age =5 years, SD = 0.08 years) and their fathers (n = 228; mean age = 32.73 years, SD = 4.77 years). The data model showed that the father’s parenting attitudes are associated with children’s peer communication and social adaptability. Children’s peer communication ability played a mediating role in the relationship between fathers’ parenting attitudes and children’s social adaptability. Male children and younger aged fathers were associated with high child social adaptability and children’s peer communication ability. The results suggest that fathers’ positive parenting attitudes (emotional warmth and understanding or interference protection) can improve children’s peer communication and social adaptability, whereas their negative parenting attitudes (punishment or refusal to deny) can hinder these abilities. For children’s mental health well-being, fathers should establish positive parenting attitudes to improve their children’s social adaptability and the quality of their peer relationships.","PeriodicalId":46959,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychology in Africa","volume":"33 1","pages":"35 - 42"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46146392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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