Adolescents' Relative Deprivation and Well-Being in Relation to Parents' Mindfulness and Psychological Resilience: A Dyadic Approach

It is of paramount significance to the development of healthy individuals, families, and society to take into account the individual contributions of family relationships in terms of well-being and resilience. The objective of the present investigation is to investigate the connections between the resilience and mindfulness of parents and the relative deprivation and well-being of adolescents, as exemplified by the actor-partner interdependence model. 992 participants, including adolescents and one of their parents, voluntarily participated in the study. The parents were 42.79 (SD = 5.83) years old, while the adolescent participants were 15.04 (SD = 1.21) years old. The results of the analyses indicated that adolescent relative deprivation predicted adolescent well-being, and parental mindfulness predicted parental resilience as actor effects. Adolescent relative deprivation predicts parental resilience, and parental mindfulness predicts adolescent well-being within the parameters of the obtained partner effects. Relative deprivation was identified as a detrimental indicator of both the resilience of parents and the well-being of adolescents. Conversely, the mindfulness of parents was discovered to benefit both their own resilience and the well-being of their adolescents.It is of paramount significance to the development of healthy individuals, families, and society to take into account the individual contributions of family relationships in terms of well-being and resilience. The objective of the present investigation is to investigate the connections between the resilience and mindfulness of parents and the relative deprivation and well-being of adolescents, as exemplified by the actor-partner interdependence model. 992 participants, including adolescents and one of their parents, voluntarily participated in the study. The parents were 42.79 (SD = 5.83) years old, while the adolescent participants were 15.04 (SD = 1.21) years old. The results of the analyses indicated that adolescent relative deprivation predicted adolescent well-being, and parental mindfulness predicted parental resilience as actor effects. Adolescent relative deprivation predicts parental resilience, and parental mindfulness predicts adolescent well-being within the parameters of the obtained partner effects. Relative deprivation was identified as a detrimental indicator of both the resilience of parents and the well-being of adolescents. Conversely, the mindfulness of parents was discovered to benefit both their own resilience and the well-being of their adolescents.