Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education, Kyoto University, Rakuyu Kaikan Annex, Yoshida Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8315, Japan.
Psychol Health. 2012;27(9):1048-61. doi: 10.1080/08870446.2011.652110. Epub 2012 Jan 31.
The pathways between parenting behaviours, personality and physical health have all been separately studied. Prior research has paid little attention to the indirect effects of personality in the path between parenting behaviours and better health. The purpose of this study was to explore the mediational effects of conscientiousness on the relationships between parental socialisation of responsibility and self-rated health, and to examine potential age differences in this mediational pathway. In total, 736 female and 749 male members across Japan participated in this study. They were divided into three groups by age category: younger-, middle-aged and older-aged. Conscientiousness and health were concurrently rated, while parental socialisation of responsibility was retrospectively assessed. Our analyses revealed that parental socialisation of responsibility is positively associated with conscientiousness and self-rated health, that conscientiousness is positively associated with self-rated health, and that conscientiousness fully mediated the effect of parental socialisation of responsibility on self-rated health. The mediational links were consistent across younger, middle-aged and older-aged cohorts. Our findings suggest that greater parental socialisation of responsibility relates to higher conscientiousness, and consequently healthier adults. These findings imply that parental behaviours could be a plausible target for intervention to foster the development of conscientiousness and better health.
父母行为、个性和身体健康之间的途径都已分别进行了研究。先前的研究很少关注个性在父母行为与更健康之间的关系中的间接影响。本研究旨在探讨责任心在父母责任感的社会化与自我评估健康之间的关系中的中介作用，并检验这种中介途径中的潜在年龄差异。共有来自日本的 736 名女性和 749 名男性参加了这项研究。他们按年龄分为三组：年轻组、中年组和老年组。责任心和健康状况是同时评定的，而父母责任感的社会化则是回顾性评估的。我们的分析表明，父母责任感的社会化与责任心和自我评估健康呈正相关，责任心与自我评估健康呈正相关，并且责任心完全中介了父母责任感的社会化对自我评估健康的影响。这种中介关系在年轻、中年和老年组中是一致的。我们的研究结果表明，父母责任感的社会化越强，个体责任心就越强，从而更健康。这些发现意味着父母的行为可能是培养责任心和健康的一个合理干预目标。
