Mediating and Moderating Effects of Family Cohesion between Positive Psychological Capital and Health Behavior among Early Childhood Parents in Dual Working Families: A Focus on the COVID-19 Pandemic

In Young Cho, Sun-Hee Moon and Ji Yeong Yun
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In Young Cho: College of Nursing, Chonnam National University, 160 Baekseo-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61469, Korea
Sun-Hee Moon: College of Nursing, Chonnam National University, 160 Baekseo-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61469, Korea
Ji Yeong Yun: Department of Nursing, Jesus University, 383 Seowon-ro, Wansangu, Jeonju-si 54989, Jeollabuk-do, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: This study examined the mediating and moderating effects of family cohesion on the relationship between positive psychological capital and health promotion behaviors among dual working parents of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected data from 214 dual working parents and analyzed the results using the IMB SPSS version 26.0 software. We found that positive psychological capital had significant effects on both family cohesion (? = 0.19, p < 0.001) and health promotion behaviors (? = 0.26, p < 0.001), while family cohesion showed a significant mediating effect on health promotion behaviors (? = 0.34, p = 0.002). Positive psychological capital (independent variable) also had significant effects on health promotion behaviors (? = 0.19, p < 0.001). Finally, a Sobel test showed that family cohesion had a significant partial mediating effect on the relationship between positive psychological capital and health promotion behaviors (Z = 2.70, p = 0.005) but no moderating effect. Thus, it is necessary to enhance health promotion behaviors through programs focused on both family cohesion and positive psychological capital. However, the fact that participants in this study were only from South Korea highlights the requirement for future research that includes participants from different cultural contexts and social systems.

Keywords: early childhood; health promotion behavior; dual working parents; COVID-19; family cohesion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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