Relationship between emotional warmth dimension in parenting styles and overall well-being in adulthood: The mediating role of psychological resilience

Abstract

To investigate the emotional warmth dimension in parental parenting styles during childhood, as a life experience, its impact on overall happiness in adulthood, and the mediating role of psychological resilience. Method: This study focused on working adults and collected 152 valid samples using Questionnaire Star. The distribution differences of parental parenting styles, psychological resilience, and overall happiness in adulthood were analyzed based on gender, age, origin, education level, primary caregiver occupation, and primary caregiver education level. The relationship between parental parenting styles in the emotional warmth dimension and overall happiness in adulthood, as well as the mediating role of psychological resilience, were also analyzed. Result: There was a significant difference in the distribution of parental parenting styles during childhood in the source area (F=4.848, P=0.009<0.01), but there was no significant difference in other demographic variables (gender, education level, primary caregiver education level, and occupation). Parenting style of parents was not related to psychological resilience or overall happiness in adulthood; however, there was a significant positive correlation between overall happiness and psychological resilience (correlation coefficient value of 0.165). The mediating effect of psychological resilience is not significant.