AUTHOR=Zeng Lianping , Peng Xia , Zeng Xiaoye , Wang Hui , Xiao Shifei , Chen Yan TITLE=Parental autonomy support and future-oriented coping among high school students: Serial mediation of future time perspective and meaning in life JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.895003 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.895003 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=

Guided by the ecosystem theory, this study aimed to explore the association between parental autonomy support and future-oriented coping of high school students, as well as the mediating effects of future time perspective and meaning in life in this relationship. A total of 707 Chinese high school students were involved in a paper questionnaire survey and data analysis. It was found that (1) parental autonomy support was significantly positively related to future-oriented coping. (2) Mediation analyses demonstrated that parental autonomy support directly affects future-oriented coping; parental autonomy support indirectly affects future-oriented coping through separate mediation and serial mediation of future time perspective and meaning in life. These findings have important implications for the improvement of future-oriented coping abilities of high school students.