The Relationship between Character Strength and Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Strength Use and the Children's Relationship with Parents
Background: character strengths show a person's assets over his/her faults or problems, so they are also called personal assets. This study aimed to investigate the role of strength-based parenting moderators in the relationship between character strength and psychological well-being. Methods:...
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| description | Background: character strengths show a person's assets over his/her faults or problems, so they are also called personal assets. This study aimed to investigate the role of strength-based parenting moderators in the relationship between character strength and psychological well-being.
Methods: The research design was correlational. The statistical population included all sixth-grade students in the 18th district of Tehran in 2019-2020, which comprised 300 sixth-grade students who were selected through a stratified cluster random sampling method. Students completed the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS), Ryff's scale of Psychological well-being, short-form (18-item), Strengths Use Questionnaire, and Parent-Child Relationship Questionnaire (PCRS). Descriptive statistics, correlation matrix, and hierarchical regression were performed through SPSS statistical software, version 25.
Results: The demographic characteristics of the sample showed that 54% of the sample were firstborn, 35% were second-born and 9.7% were third-born. The findings revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between character strength and psychological well-being (P <0.01). The results also illuminated that strength-based parenting has a moderating effect on the relationship between character strength and psychological well-being in children (P <0.01). In total, 55% of changes in psychological well-being were explained by the strength of character and strength-based parenting.
Conclusion: According to the research findings, it can be concluded that strength-based parenting will change the strength of character and psychological well-being of students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b93df0ade8204137b0b1f08af7a92dc02022-12-25T07:18:37ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Pediatrics2345-50472345-50552022-12-011012171441715610.22038/ijp.2022.68166.506821404The Relationship between Character Strength and Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Strength Use and the Children's Relationship with ParentsMina Khosravi0Hassan Shams Esfandabad1Azadeh Farghedani2Ph.D. Candidate, General Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Iran 0000-0002-0713-2968Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, International University, Qazvin, Iran hshams1333@gmail.comAssistant Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Saveh Branch, Iran.Background: character strengths show a person's assets over his/her faults or problems, so they are also called personal assets. This study aimed to investigate the role of strength-based parenting moderators in the relationship between character strength and psychological well-being. Methods: The research design was correlational. The statistical population included all sixth-grade students in the 18th district of Tehran in 2019-2020, which comprised 300 sixth-grade students who were selected through a stratified cluster random sampling method. Students completed the Values in Action Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS), Ryff's scale of Psychological well-being, short-form (18-item), Strengths Use Questionnaire, and Parent-Child Relationship Questionnaire (PCRS). Descriptive statistics, correlation matrix, and hierarchical regression were performed through SPSS statistical software, version 25. Results: The demographic characteristics of the sample showed that 54% of the sample were firstborn, 35% were second-born and 9.7% were third-born. The findings revealed that there is a positive and significant relationship between character strength and psychological well-being (P <0.01). The results also illuminated that strength-based parenting has a moderating effect on the relationship between character strength and psychological well-being in children (P <0.01). In total, 55% of changes in psychological well-being were explained by the strength of character and strength-based parenting. Conclusion: According to the research findings, it can be concluded that strength-based parenting will change the strength of character and psychological well-being of students.https://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_21404_52e614496e0cbae80ff436f3ada9126d.pdfcharacter strengthpsychological well-beingstrength usethe children' s relationship with parents |
| spellingShingle | Mina Khosravi Hassan Shams Esfandabad Azadeh Farghedani The Relationship between Character Strength and Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Strength Use and the Children's Relationship with Parents International Journal of Pediatrics character strength psychological well-being strength use the children' s relationship with parents |
| title | The Relationship between Character Strength and Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Strength Use and the Children's Relationship with Parents |
| title_full | The Relationship between Character Strength and Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Strength Use and the Children's Relationship with Parents |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship between Character Strength and Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Strength Use and the Children's Relationship with Parents |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Character Strength and Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Strength Use and the Children's Relationship with Parents |
| title_short | The Relationship between Character Strength and Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Strength Use and the Children's Relationship with Parents |
| title_sort | relationship between character strength and psychological well being the mediating strength use and the children s relationship with parents |
| topic | character strength psychological well-being strength use the children' s relationship with parents |
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