Abstract
Using coded data from parent-child interaction tasks and questionnaires, this longitudinal study examined the relationship between observed mother and father optimism and self-reported and observed optimism of their adolescent child one year later with mother and father involvement as mediators. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that while there was not a direct association between maternal optimism and child optimism, that father involvement mediated that relationship, and that father involvement further mediated the relationship between father involvement and child optimism.
Degree
MS
College and Department
Family, Home, and Social Sciences; Family Life; Marriage and Family Therapy
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Ellsworth, Allison, "Relationship Between Observed Parental Optimism and Adolescent Optimism with Parental Involvement as a Mediating Variable: Two Wave Panel Study" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 3218.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3218
Date Submitted
2012-05-19
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd5243
Keywords
parental involvement, optimism
Language
English