Presenting a Causal Model of Adolescents Happiness Based on Family Functioning with the Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies
Subject Areas : Psychological Models and MethodsMahmoud Goudarzi 1 , Sara Tavazoei 2 , maryam mahmoodi 3 , Somayeh Seid Mohammadi 4
1 - Associate Professor of Family Counseling, Islamic Azad.
2 - Ph.D. Student in Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Iran.
3 - Ph.D. Student in Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Iran.
4 - Ph.D. Student in Counseling, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, Iran.
Keywords: happiness, family functioning, cognitive emotion regulation strategies, adolescents, structural equations.,
Abstract :
Background and purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of presenting a causal model of adolescent happiness based on family functioning with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation strategies.
Methods: The design of the current research was descriptive-correlation and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the research included all male and female students of the high-school of Sanandaj in the academic year of 1401-02. The research sample included 350 students (157 boys and 193 girls) who were selected by random multi-stage cluster sampling. In order to collect data, the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI), the Family Assessment Device (FAD) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies Questionnaire (CERQ) were used. The data were analyzed with the structural equation modeling analysis.
Findings: The results showed that the proposed model had a good fit. The results of the analysis of direct paths showed that there were a significant negative relationship between dysfunctional family functioning and adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, a significant positive relationship between dysfunctional family functioning and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies, a significant positive relationship between adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and happiness, and a significant negative relationship between maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and happiness. But there is no significant direct relationship between Dysfunctional family functioning and happiness. Family functioning has indirect relationships with adolescents' happiness through cognitive emotion regulation strategies.
Conclusion: It is necessary to pay attention to adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and correct the maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in promoting the happiness of adolescents, even in families with dysfunctional functioning.
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