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Flexible mindset in the family

Filial piety, cognitive flexibility, and general mental health

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ID2934672
AuthorsChun-Hui Jen (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan), Wei-Wen Chen (University of Macau, China), Weiwen Chen (0000-0003-4940-7445), Chih-Wen Wu (0000-0003-4148-5721, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume36
Issue6
Pages1715-1730
Publication date2019-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407518770912
OpenAlexW2801610396
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited40

Reciprocal and authoritarian filial piety beliefs have been shown to have distinct relationships with psychological development and well-being. Such beliefs provide an important foundation for parent-child relationships in Chinese families. However, the literature remains unclear about the mechanism through which filial piety contributes to individuals' well-being. Because researchers have identified cognitive flexibility as a crucial factor in family contexts and demonstrated that it is associated with individuals' well-being, the present study aimed to examine the mediating role of cognitive flexibility in the relationship between filial piety and Chinese young adults'general mental health (i.e., self-esteem, life satisfaction, and mental wellness). A total of 455 college students from Taiwan participated in the survey. Structural equation modeling yielded the following findings: (a) Reciprocal filial piety was positively associated with cognitive flexibility and authoritarian filial piety was negatively associated with cognitive flexibility; (b) cognitive flexibility contributed positively to life satisfaction, self-esteem, and mental wellness; and (c) cognitive flexibility mediated the relationship of the two filial piety beliefs with life satisfaction, self-esteem, and mental wellness. These findings indicate that the two filial piety beliefs, which reflect different parent-child relationship quality nurtured in family contexts, could relate to individuals' flexible mindsets

Cognition · Cognitive flexibility · Developmental psychology · Filial piety · Flexibility (engineering · Mental health · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Gender Studies · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year2,57
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
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