Paternal family expressiveness as a mediator between father's dispositional optimism and child's dispositional optimism

Jeong Jin Yu*, Yeon Kyung Ko

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Abstract

Although dispositional optimism serves as a resource for psychological and physical well-being, very little research has explored how to promote child dispositional optimism within the family context. The authors evaluated paternal emotional expressiveness within the family as a mediator of the association between father's and child's dispositional optimism. Participants were 422 father (M age = 44.97 years, SD = 4.21 years)-child (M age = 11.75 years, SD = 0.77 years) dyads in South Korea. Results showed that fathers dispositional optimism was positively linked to their expressiveness, which in turn was positively linked to their children's dispositional optimism. No significant gender or socioeconomic status differences were found. The findings have important implications for future research and for preventive interventions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)677-695
Number of pages19
JournalJournal of Genetic Psychology
Volume174
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • dispositional optimism
  • expressiveness
  • father-child relationship

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