Parent-child relationship quality predicts higher subjective well-being in adulthood across a diverse group of countries.

ABSTRACT: Theoretically and empirically, parenting is closely related to the psychological health of offspring, but long-term effects and possible international differences are not well established. In a pre-registered multilevel modeling analysis using data from the Global Flourishing Study, we tested whether retrospective parent-child relationship quality predicts adult well-being in a representative sample of 202,898 adults living in 21 countries and one territory. We developed and validated indexes of flourishing and mental health. Retrospective parent-child relationship quality predicted both with substantial effect sizes for flourishing (std mean effect = 0.21, 95% CI 0.19-0.23) and mental health (std mean effect = 0.18, 95% CI 0.17-0.20). A positive association between relationship quality an

SUBMITTER: Rothwell JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11584790 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature