School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China.
School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, PR China.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2024 Dec;53:224-231. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2024.10.017. Epub 2024 Oct 18.
Family resilience refers to a family's ability to successfully cope with adversity from a system dynamics perspective, and is considered an effective resource for promoting individual mental health. However, there is a lack of meta-analyses examining the relationship between family resilience and mental health outcomes, nor the impact of different cultural context factors. The current study conducted a three-level meta-analysis of 48 studies published before January 25, 2022, from 5 scientific databases. The main effect test revealed a significant medium positive correlation between family resilience and positive mental health (r = 0.446, p < 0.001) and a significant medium negative correlation between family resilience and negative mental health (r = -0.543, p < 0.001). In addition, the moderator analyses for positive outcomes revealed significant effects for the average age (p = 0.048) and the type of adversity affected (p = 0.007). Meanwhile, the moderator analyses for negative outcomes found significant effects for individualism scores (p = 0.020). The findings suggest that family can be a valuable resource for individual psychological adaptation and growth. It is important to pay attention to the role of family members and cultural context factors in addressing the effect of family resilience on mental health.
家庭韧性是指家庭从系统动力学角度成功应对逆境的能力，被认为是促进个体心理健康的有效资源。然而，目前缺乏元分析来检验家庭韧性与心理健康结果之间的关系，也缺乏对不同文化背景因素影响的研究。本研究对截至 2022 年 1 月 25 日之前发表在 5 个科学数据库中的 48 项研究进行了三级元分析。主要效应检验显示，家庭韧性与积极心理健康之间存在显著的中等正相关（r=0.446，p<0.001），与消极心理健康之间存在显著的中等负相关（r=-0.543，p<0.001）。此外，积极结果的调节分析显示，平均年龄（p=0.048）和受影响的逆境类型（p=0.007）有显著影响。同时，消极结果的调节分析发现个体主义得分（p=0.020）有显著影响。研究结果表明，家庭可以成为个体心理适应和成长的宝贵资源。关注家庭成员和文化背景因素在家庭韧性对心理健康的影响中的作用非常重要。
