Chu Amanda Man Ying, Tsang Jenny Tsun Yee, Tiwari Agnes, Yuk Helina, So Mike Ka Pui
Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong SAR, China.
School of Nursing, Tung Wah College, Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Oct 21;15:1430005. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1430005. eCollection 2024.
The increasing prevalence of parenting stress has significant implications for the psychological well-being of both parents and children. In view of this, our study sought to examine the mediating and moderating role of family resilience in the association between child-friendly family and parenting stress. Our analysis involved a sample of 316 parents who dedicated a minimum of 14 h per week to caring for their children. The parents were invited to complete three validated instruments-the parenting stress index short form (PSI), the family resilience assessment scale (FRAS), and inventory of the child-friendly family (ICF)-to evaluate their level of parenting stress, family resilience, and child-friendly family, respectively. We tested the mediation model by applying structural equation model analysis. It was found that child-friendly family negatively correlated with parenting stress (path coefficient = -0.56, < 0.001). This relationship is mediated by family resilience. That is "child-friendly family" leads to increased "family resilience" (path coefficient = 0.68, < 0.01), which in turn leads to lower "parenting stress" (path coefficient = -0.30, < 0.05). The mediation effect ratio was 26.70%. We used multiple regression analysis to test the moderation model and found that family resilience did not play a moderating role between child-friendly family and parenting stress. This study holds particular significance for two key reasons: Firstly, it elucidates the relationship between child-friendly family, family resilience, and parenting stress, highlighting the potential of creating a child-friendly family to reduce parenting stress through the enhancement of family resilience. Secondly, our findings provide valuable evidence for the development of innovative approaches that effectively and sustainably alleviate parenting stress.
育儿压力的日益普遍对父母和孩子的心理健康都有着重大影响。鉴于此，我们的研究旨在探讨家庭复原力在亲子女家庭与育儿压力之间的关联中所起的中介和调节作用。我们的分析涉及316名父母，他们每周至少投入14小时照顾孩子。邀请这些父母完成三份经过验证的量表——育儿压力指数简表（PSI）、家庭复原力评估量表（FRAS）和亲子女家庭量表（ICF），以分别评估他们的育儿压力水平、家庭复原力和亲子女家庭程度。我们通过应用结构方程模型分析来检验中介模型。结果发现，亲子女家庭与育儿压力呈负相关（路径系数 = -0.56，< 0.001）。这种关系由家庭复原力介导。也就是说，“亲子女家庭”会导致“家庭复原力”增强（路径系数 = 0.68，< 0.01），进而导致“育儿压力”降低（路径系数 = -0.30，< 0.05）。中介效应比例为26.70%。我们使用多元回归分析来检验调节模型，发现家庭复原力在亲子女家庭与育儿压力之间未起到调节作用。本研究具有特别重要的意义，主要有两个关键原因：其一，它阐明了亲子女家庭、家庭复原力与育儿压力之间的关系，凸显了创建亲子女家庭通过增强家庭复原力来减轻育儿压力的潜力。其二，我们的研究结果为开发有效且可持续减轻育儿压力的创新方法提供了有价值的证据。
