A meta-analytic investigation of the relationships between different dimensions of family strengths and personal and family well-being
Objective: Evaluate the relationships between five family strengths dimensions (commitment, communication, cohesion, coping & competence) and personal and family well-being. Background: Noted family strengths experts contend that families who describe themselves as strong share a number of br...
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2020-12-01
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| description | Objective: Evaluate the relationships between five family strengths dimensions (commitment, communication, cohesion, coping & competence) and personal and family well-being.
Background: Noted family strengths experts contend that families who describe themselves as strong share a number of broad qualities or traits. Family strengths are viewed as internal resources that are hypothesized to be related to enhanced personal and family well-being.
Method: Meta-analysis was used to determine the effect sizes between different family strengths dimensions and both parent and family well-being. The meta-analysis included 14 studies (N = 3,491 participants) conducted in 10 countries. The focus of analysis was the sizes of effects between each family strengths dimension and both parent and family well-being and whether the strengths of relations between family strengths and well-being differed for each family strength dimension.
Results: Publication bias analysis indicated no differences in the sizes of effects for peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed research reports. Each of the family strengths dimensions was significantly related to both personal and family well-being. The size of effect for the relationship between family strengths and family well-being was larger than that for personal well-being. The between type of family strengths dimension analyses showed that the size of effect between family competence and personal and family well-being was smaller than those for each of the other family strengths dimensions.
Conclusion: The findings support the hypothesis that different dimensions of family strengths are important predictors of personal and family well-being. Results also indicated the strength of the relationship between family strengths and well-being differed between the five family strengths dimensions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ad4e264d256344b88b92d7d1f7287cda2022-12-21T20:25:17ZengUniversity of Bamberg PressJournal of Family Research2699-23372020-12-0110.20377/jfr-578A meta-analytic investigation of the relationships between different dimensions of family strengths and personal and family well-beingCarl Dunst0Orelena Hawks Puckett InstituteObjective: Evaluate the relationships between five family strengths dimensions (commitment, communication, cohesion, coping & competence) and personal and family well-being. Background: Noted family strengths experts contend that families who describe themselves as strong share a number of broad qualities or traits. Family strengths are viewed as internal resources that are hypothesized to be related to enhanced personal and family well-being. Method: Meta-analysis was used to determine the effect sizes between different family strengths dimensions and both parent and family well-being. The meta-analysis included 14 studies (N = 3,491 participants) conducted in 10 countries. The focus of analysis was the sizes of effects between each family strengths dimension and both parent and family well-being and whether the strengths of relations between family strengths and well-being differed for each family strength dimension. Results: Publication bias analysis indicated no differences in the sizes of effects for peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed research reports. Each of the family strengths dimensions was significantly related to both personal and family well-being. The size of effect for the relationship between family strengths and family well-being was larger than that for personal well-being. The between type of family strengths dimension analyses showed that the size of effect between family competence and personal and family well-being was smaller than those for each of the other family strengths dimensions. Conclusion: The findings support the hypothesis that different dimensions of family strengths are important predictors of personal and family well-being. Results also indicated the strength of the relationship between family strengths and well-being differed between the five family strengths dimensions.https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/jfr/index.php/jfr/article/view/578family strengthqualities of strong familiespersonal well-beingfamily well-beingmeta-analysis |
| spellingShingle | Carl Dunst A meta-analytic investigation of the relationships between different dimensions of family strengths and personal and family well-being Journal of Family Research family strength qualities of strong families personal well-being family well-being meta-analysis |
| title | A meta-analytic investigation of the relationships between different dimensions of family strengths and personal and family well-being |
| title_full | A meta-analytic investigation of the relationships between different dimensions of family strengths and personal and family well-being |
| title_fullStr | A meta-analytic investigation of the relationships between different dimensions of family strengths and personal and family well-being |
| title_full_unstemmed | A meta-analytic investigation of the relationships between different dimensions of family strengths and personal and family well-being |
| title_short | A meta-analytic investigation of the relationships between different dimensions of family strengths and personal and family well-being |
| title_sort | meta analytic investigation of the relationships between different dimensions of family strengths and personal and family well being |
| topic | family strength qualities of strong families personal well-being family well-being meta-analysis |
| url | https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/jfr/index.php/jfr/article/view/578 |
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