Abstract
This investigation concentrates on the association of intergenerational value similarity and adult children’s and parents’ subjective well-being, on the linkage between relationship quality and subjective well-being. Mediation effects of the relationship quality on the associations between value similarity and subjective well-being were focused. The sample consisted of 600 adult German children (53.8% women) and their parents. Dyadic correlations were constructed to determine the value similarity. In this study, the general value orientation and the family values were objects of research. We measured the subjective well-being with the Satisfaction with Life Scale and we used the Network of Relationships Inventory (NRI) to measure the relationship quality. Associations between subjective well-being and value similarity, and between subjective well-being and relationship quality, as well as mediation effects, were found. All effects depend on gender and perspective.
Highlights
Because, values are important factors in human’s well-being, analyzing the relation between human values and well-being has become of interest in research recently
The subjective well-being of adult sons was predicted by the value similarity of the general value orientation to their mother’s (β = .150)
Limitation and Proposed Future Research. This study provides another important step in the research of subjective wellbeing on the one hand, and value similarity and the parent–child relationship on the other hand
Summary
Values are important factors in human’s well-being, analyzing the relation between human values and well-being has become of interest in research recently. Are one’s own values related to subjective wellbeing and are the value similarity to people in (close) social context Spending time with likeable people is one essential aspect of subjective wellbeing. The relation of the value similarity and subjective well-being is an important recent research topic. Schwartz & Sortheix, 2018) have focused on the relation between value similarity of couples, fellow students, or people with the same socioeconomic status. The family, as a primary socialization context (Sabatier & Lannegrand-Willems, 2005), is responsible for relevant aspects and courses of development, including the development of value orientation. During the course of the research on the association between subjective well-being and value similarity, in a social context, it is unknown whether broader social contexts were focused, and the parent–child relationship as the main socialization context was ignored. A study is needed which analyses the association of subjective well-being and value similarity to relatives, especially to parents and children
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