Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 10;19(24):16593. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416593.
the present research represents the first systematic review of the literature on the relation between happiness (i.e., subjective well-being, life satisfaction, positive affect) and family functioning in families with children aged 6-18 years.
relevant articles were systematically searched in three scientific databases (i.e., PsycInfo, Pubmed, and Web of Science) in June 2022. The databases were searched for original articles published after 1968 with the keywords "happiness" and "family functioning."
of the 2683 records recovered, 124 original articles met the eligibility criteria and were included in the review. The articles were divided according to four emergent themes: (1) family dimensions and happiness; (2) global family functioning (i.e., family functioning, and family relationships), environmental variables, and happiness; (3) parental differences; (4) longitudinal studies.
the results of the review provide evidence for a positive relation between happiness and family functioning, across different cultures and age groups: Family dimensions (e.g., cohesion, communication) were found to strongly predict children's and adolescents' happiness. Future studies should investigate the differences between fathers and mothers using multi-informant and mixed methods procedures and a longitudinal research approach. The implications of the findings for children's positive development are discussed.
本研究代表了首次对有 6-18 岁子女的家庭中幸福感（即主观幸福感、生活满意度、积极情绪）与家庭功能之间关系的文献进行的系统综述。
2022 年 6 月，我们在三个科学数据库（即 PsycInfo、Pubmed 和 Web of Science）中系统地搜索了相关文章。数据库以“幸福”和“家庭功能”为关键词，搜索了 1968 年后发表的原始文章。
在检索到的 2683 条记录中，有 124 篇原创文章符合纳入标准并被纳入综述。这些文章根据四个新兴主题进行了分类：（1）家庭维度与幸福感；（2）整体家庭功能（即家庭功能和家庭关系）、环境变量与幸福感；（3）父母差异；（4）纵向研究。
该综述的结果为幸福感与家庭功能之间存在积极关系提供了证据，这种关系在不同的文化和年龄群体中都存在：家庭维度（如凝聚力、沟通）被发现强烈预测儿童和青少年的幸福感。未来的研究应该使用多信息来源和混合方法程序以及纵向研究方法来研究父亲和母亲之间的差异。讨论了研究结果对儿童积极发展的意义。
