University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2018 Feb;47(2):245-259. doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0692-6. Epub 2017 May 13.
Youth who do not identify with or value their families (i.e., low family centrality) are considered to be at risk for maladjustment. However, the current study investigated whether low family centrality may be adaptive in negative family contexts (i.e., high family conflict) because youth's self-worth should be less tied to the quality of their family relationships. Multilevel models using daily diaries and latent variable interactions using longitudinal questionnaires indicated that, among a sample of 428 Mexican American adolescents (49.8% male, M = 15.02 years), lower family centrality was generally detrimental to youth's well-being. However, for youth in adverse family environments, low family centrality ceased to function as a risk factor. The present findings suggest that family centrality values play a more nuanced role in youth well-being than previously believed, such that low family centrality may be an adaptive response to significant family challenges.
青少年如果不认同或不重视自己的家庭（即家庭中心度低），则被认为存在适应不良的风险。然而，本研究探讨了在负面家庭环境（即家庭冲突高）中，低家庭中心度是否可能具有适应性，因为青少年的自我价值感不应与家庭关系的质量紧密相关。本研究使用每日日记和纵向问卷进行的多层次模型表明，在 428 名墨西哥裔美国青少年（49.8%为男性，M=15.02 岁）的样本中，一般来说，低家庭中心度对青少年的幸福感是有害的。然而，对于处于不利家庭环境中的青少年来说，低家庭中心度不再是一个风险因素。本研究结果表明，家庭中心度价值观在青少年幸福感中发挥的作用比之前认为的更为复杂，即低家庭中心度可能是对重大家庭挑战的一种适应性反应。
