The mediating role of reciprocal filial piety in the relationship between parental autonomy support and life satisfaction among adolescents in Malaysia

Tan, Soon-Aun; Nainee, Sarvarubini; Tan, Chee‐Seng

doi:10.1007/s12144-018-0004-7

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“…Within parenting, autonomy support involves understanding children’s feelings, allowing children to express their opinions freely, and encouraging children to choose their own actions voluntarily [ 15 , 18 ]. Consistent with these theoretical claims, recent studies have shown that parental autonomy support can promote their children’s adaptive behavioral outcomes, psychological thriving, and academic performance, such as (but not limited to) better social functioning [ 19 , 20 ], health behavior [ 21 ], high life satisfaction [ 22 ], academic success and school engagement [ 23 ]. For undergraduate students, autonomy is considered a core developmental component, and autonomy support from others is critical to adaptive development at this stage [ 7 , 24 ].…”

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“…Generations of Chinese, even in contemporary Chinese societies [ 34 , 35 ], have emphasized the importance of filial piety, which plays a critical role in family heritage and maintaining the social order. Although previous studies have not verified the mediating role of filial piety in the association between parental autonomy support and PIU, relevant studies have shown that filial piety plays a mediating role between parental autonomy support and adolescents’ psychosocial functions [ 22 , 36 ]. This can be explained by SDT [ 15 ], suggesting that parental autonomy support could fulfill individuals’ need for autonomy.…”

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Parental Autonomy Support and Pathological Internet Use among Chinese Undergraduate Students: Gratitude Moderated the Mediating Effect of Filial Piety

Chun-hua

Lan

2022

IJERPH

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Applying an integrated theoretical model consisting of the socioecological theory, the self-determination theory, and the broaden-and-build theory, the present study tested a moderated mediation model of parental autonomy support, filial piety, and gratitude to study how these factors are jointly related to pathological Internet use (PIU) in Chinese undergraduate students. A total of 1054 Chinese undergraduate students (M age = 20.35, SD = 1.00, 34.7% females) aged between 16 and 24 years participated in this study. They were instructed to complete self-reported questionnaires on parental autonomy support, filial piety, gratitude, and PIU. The results showed that parental autonomy support was negatively associated with PIU, and filial piety partially mediated this relation. Specifically, parental autonomy support was positively related to filial piety, which, in turn, was negatively associated with PIU. In addition, gratitude moderated the first path of the indirect relation and the direct relation of this mediation effect. To be specific, undergraduate students with higher gratitude showed high filial piety and low PIU, in the context of low parental autonomy support, than those with lower gratitude. Taken together, the current study contributes to extant research by highlighting the vital role of parental autonomy support in mitigating undergraduate students’ PIU and illustrating how filial piety explains the underlying mechanism of this association. This study also provides novel insights into intervention or prevention programs by demonstrating that gratitude alleviates the adverse effect of low parental autonomy support on students’ PIU.

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Parental Autonomy Support and Pathological Internet Use among Chinese Undergraduate Students: Gratitude Moderated the Mediating Effect of Filial Piety

Chun-hua

Lan

2022

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“…Only RFP contributed to the life satisfaction of samples in Macau (Chen et al, 2019). On the other hand, a recent study conducted among 583 multi-ethnic adolescents in Malaysia showed a moderate positive association between both RFP and AFP with adolescents' life satisfaction (Tan et al, 2018;Yan and Chen, 2018;Chen et al, 2019).…”

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Asian “Guan” Parenting and Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents in Malaysia: The Mediating Role of Filial Piety

Nainee

Tan

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Literature on adolescent development has shown that parenting practices have positive relationships with adolescents’ life satisfaction. Adolescents’ life satisfaction improves when they have parents low in psychological control who uphold reciprocal self-disclosure in their communication. Guan parenting was found to correlate positively with adolescents’ development. Therefore, it is methodologically important to replicate the investigation on the relationship between adolescents’ life satisfaction and Guan parenting. Literature suggests that filial piety is shaped by parenting practices and adolescents who perceived intense parental concern, care, and involvement tend to uphold filial piety and express gratitude toward parents which may promote the adolescents’ life satisfaction. In this study, mediation analysis was done to elucidate the relationship among parents’ guan parenting style, filial piety, and life satisfaction on 606 adolescents (Mage=15.07; SDage=1.03; 52.1% females) in Malaysia. The adolescents were sampled through cluster sampling, and data were collected using self-administered questionnaires. The results showed positive relationship between paternal and maternal guan parenting with filial piety and adolescents’ life satisfaction. Greater parents’ filial piety was linked to higher life satisfaction among adolescents. Findings from the mediation models indicated the association among guan parenting with filial piety, gratitude toward parents, and higher life satisfaction. The findings also offered empirical evidence to the underlying mechanism of how guan parenting could affect adolescent life satisfaction via the mediating role of filial piety. The findings also supported the importance of culture-infused parenting in inculcating adolescents’ filial piety besides establishing its link to life satisfaction in Asian families.

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“…A study conducted in Turkey applied the reciprocal aspect of the DFMM to describe mother-daughter relations (Mottram & Hortaçsu, 2005), and studies conducted in Malaysia with Malay and Indian participants (as well as Chinese) validated a measure of the dual filial mechanisms for adolescents (C.-S. Tan et al, 2019) and examined the relation of reciprocal filial relations (RFR), parental autonomy, and life satisfaction (S.-A. Tan et al, 2018). This preliminary research is promising, but there is more work to be done to confirm validity of the model for application within and between other cultures.…”

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The Contribution of Chinese Process Thought to Psychology as a Global Science: Filial Piety as an Example

Bedford

Yeh

2020

Review of General Psychology

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In this article, we use Birch and Cobb’s argument for the application of dual paradigms in the natural sciences and theoretical advances in Chinese indigenous psychology to indicate how a process-relational perspective can contribute to the development of psychology as a global science able to represent the full human experience. We first review the philosophical foundations of mainstream psychology, which emphasizes substance thinking and methodological individualism, and highlight its limitations for supporting truly culture-inclusive global research. Scholars in other natural science disciplines have likewise encountered limitations with a substance approach. Birch and Cobb described a paradigm shift from a substance perspective focused on entities to a process perspective focused on relationships and advocated that a multi-paradigm approach be adopted in natural science research. Chinese indigenous psychologists have made a similar theoretical argument with respect to the field of psychology, but there are few examples of the application of their ideas. We trace the development of Chinese filial piety as a psychological concept to demonstrate in detail how a multi-paradigm approach encompassing a Chinese process-relational perspective and indigenous research can harmonize with the mainstream perspective to contribute to culture-inclusive global psychological research.

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The mediating role of reciprocal filial piety in the relationship between parental autonomy support and life satisfaction among adolescents in Malaysia

Cited by 22 publications

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Parental Autonomy Support and Pathological Internet Use among Chinese Undergraduate Students: Gratitude Moderated the Mediating Effect of Filial Piety

Parental Autonomy Support and Pathological Internet Use among Chinese Undergraduate Students: Gratitude Moderated the Mediating Effect of Filial Piety

Asian “Guan” Parenting and Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents in Malaysia: The Mediating Role of Filial Piety

The Contribution of Chinese Process Thought to Psychology as a Global Science: Filial Piety as an Example

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