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Daily family assistance and the psychological well-being of adolescents from Latin American, Asian, and European backgrounds

Telzer, Eva H., Fuligni, Andrew J.·2009·Developmental Psychology
DOI 10.1037/a0014728
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The daily diary method was used to examine the implications of adolescents' daily assistance behaviors for both positive and negative aspects of psychological well-being among an ethnically diverse sample of 752 adolescents of ages 14 to 15 years. Results indicated that, contrary to the expectations of some observers, providing daily assistance to the family generally was not stressful for adolescents. Rather, assisting the family was associated with higher levels of happiness due, in large part, to the sense of role fulfillment it provided the adolescents. Few individual or group differences were observed in the association between family assistance and psychological well-being. These results suggest that family assistance serves as a meaningful activity in adolescents' lives by creating a sense of connection to the family.

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  • Other positive life outcomes such as posttraumatic growth, happiness, school achievement, social competence, prosocial behavior, and empathy were studied no more than twice, but findings tentatively suggested that parentification may be associated with beneficial outcomes.

    “Other positive life outcomes such as posttraumatic growth [17,66], happiness [97], school achievement [8], social competence [102], prosocial behavior [42], and empathy [103] were studied no more than twice, but findings tentatively suggested that parentification may be associated with beneficial outcomes.”

    From Parentification Vulnerability, Reactivity, Resilience, and Thriving: A Mixed Methods Systematic Literature Review (2023) · cites this paper as [97]

  • More role-fulfilment from parentification was linked with a higher daily happiness rating.

    “For example, more role-fulfilment from parentification was linked with a higher daily happiness rating [97], more instrumental parentification with better school achievement [8], more parental role with more social competence [102], more parentification with better cognitive empathy [103], and better coping skills 6 years later [19].”

    From Parentification Vulnerability, Reactivity, Resilience, and Thriving: A Mixed Methods Systematic Literature Review (2023) · cites this paper as [97]

  • Studies also suggested a lack of association between parentification and happiness, between emotional parentification and school achievement, and between parentification and affective cognitive empathy.

    “However, studies also suggested a lack of association between parentification and happiness [97], emotional parentification and school achievement [8], and parentification and affective cognitive empathy [103].”

    From Parentification Vulnerability, Reactivity, Resilience, and Thriving: A Mixed Methods Systematic Literature Review (2023) · cites this paper as [97]

  • Prosocial behaviors to help strangers, friends, family members, or charities are related to feelings of happiness and meaning.

    “Behavioral research in adolescents and adults has found that prosocial behaviors to help strangers, friends, family members, or charities are related to feelings of happiness and meaning (9–11).”

    From Neural sensitivity to eudaimonic and hedonic rewards differentially predict adolescent depressive symptoms over time (2014) · cites this paper as [10]

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Authors
Telzer, E. H., & Fuligni, A. J.
Affiliations
University of California, Los Angeles (US)
ORCID
Venue
Developmental Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2009
Volume
45
Issue
4
Pages
1177-1189
ISSN
  • 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0599
DOI
10.1037/a0014728
OpenAlex
W2047419592
Cited by
223
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 17
FWCI
11.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Russell Sage Foundation
  • National Science Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
Keywords
psychological well-being, happiness, role fulfillment, family ties, ethnic differences, daily diary method, adolescent stress
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Asian, California, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Family Relations, Female, Happiness, Humans, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Role, Self Concept, Social Identification, Social Responsibility, Social Support, Mexican Americans, White People, Emigrants and Immigrants

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