The influence of marital relations on the happiness of children: Dual mediation effect of the hope and growth mindset Lee Chang Seek1, Shin Eun Mi2,* 1Dept. of Health, Counseling and Welfare, Hanseo University, Korea, 2Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychology and Counseling, Hanseo University, Korea *Corresponding Author: Eun Mi Shin Research scholar, Department of Child and Adolescent Counseling, Hanseo University, 31962, Korea. smslovess@naver.com
Online published on 16 October, 2018. Abstract The purpose of the study was to analyze the dual mediating effect of hope and growth mindset on the relationship between marital relations and children's happiness. The survey subjects were 290 mothers living in Korea and data collection was done by survey method. SPSS PC+ Win. 23 were used for the frequency analysis, correlation analysis, and reliability analysis. Model 6 of SPSS macro PROCESS was used to identify the dual mediating effect of hope and growth mindset in the relationship between marital relations and child happiness. First, marital relation, growth mindset, hope and children's happiness were positively correlated. Second, marital relation had a positive effect on happiness through hope and growth mindset. Therefore, hope and growth mindset mediated in the relationship between marital relation and happiness of children. These results should be applied to the situations where the mother's growth mindset and hope are high and the child's happiness can be improved even if there is conflictual marital relationship. Top Keywords Marital relationship, Growth mindset, Hope, Happiness, Mother, Child. Top |