TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuidad familiar percibida: Implicaciones para la identificación con la familia y el bienestar psicológico
AU - Herrera, Marina
AU - Sani, Fabio
AU - Bowe, Mhairi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgement: This research was made possible by a research project awarded to the second author by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC): RES-000-27-0185. Author’s Address: Marina Herrera. Departamento de Psicología Social, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Valencia. Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010-Valencia. Tel. 963864571, Fax: 963864668. E-mail: [email protected]. Original recibido: 25/01/2011. Aceptado: 26/04/2011
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Research has shown that people tend to perceive the national and regional groups to which they belong as temporally persistent. In this paper we conducted two studies to investigate that the family may also be perceived as having different degrees of continuity through time, and that those perceptions have implications on family identity and psychological well-being. In the first study (N = 149; with a mean age of 23, SD = 5.7), we found that perceived family continuity was positively correlated with several family related variables (e.g., family functioning, perceived family entitativity) and with psychological well-being. Our second study (N = 152; with a mean age of 40.80, SD = 12.68), replicated and extended previous findings by showing that perceived family continuity was also positively related to generative concern. Furthermore, we tested a model which revealed that perceived family continuity had a positive influence on family identification, which in turn enhanced psychological well-being. It is argued that these findings confirm the necessity to treat the continuity of the family group and the implications of family identity on well-being.
AB - Research has shown that people tend to perceive the national and regional groups to which they belong as temporally persistent. In this paper we conducted two studies to investigate that the family may also be perceived as having different degrees of continuity through time, and that those perceptions have implications on family identity and psychological well-being. In the first study (N = 149; with a mean age of 23, SD = 5.7), we found that perceived family continuity was positively correlated with several family related variables (e.g., family functioning, perceived family entitativity) and with psychological well-being. Our second study (N = 152; with a mean age of 40.80, SD = 12.68), replicated and extended previous findings by showing that perceived family continuity was also positively related to generative concern. Furthermore, we tested a model which revealed that perceived family continuity had a positive influence on family identification, which in turn enhanced psychological well-being. It is argued that these findings confirm the necessity to treat the continuity of the family group and the implications of family identity on well-being.
KW - Generativity
KW - Group identity
KW - Perceived family continuity
KW - Positive group functioning
KW - Psychological well-being
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U2 - 10.1174/021347411797361275
DO - 10.1174/021347411797361275
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052977911
SN - 0213-4748
VL - 26
SP - 387
EP - 399
JO - International Journal of Social Psychology
JF - International Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 3
ER -
