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This study examined whether future-oriented coping mediates the prospective association between family functioning and psychological well-being and whether this indirect association varies by gender.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A three-wave longitudinal study was conducted among 1,500 early adolescents from eight public secondary schools in Changchun, China. Family functioning was assessed at time 1, future-oriented coping at time 2, and psychological well-being at all three waves. Structural equation modeling and multi-group analyses were used to examine the hypothesized mediation model and gender differences while accounting for prior psychological well-being and demographic covariates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Higher family functioning was prospectively associated with greater future-oriented coping and higher psychological well-being. Future-oriented coping partially accounted for the longitudinal association between family functioning and psychological well-being (indirect effect:\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.195, 95% CI [0.132, 0.258]), and this indirect association was stronger among girls than boys (difference in indirect effects:\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f0.191, 95% CI [0.054, 0.329]).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggest that future-oriented coping may represent one potential temporally ordered pathway linking family functioning to later psychological well-being, with the strength of this pathway differing between girls and boys.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1945147","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]],"date-time":"2026-09-22T04:25:10Z","timestamp":1790051110000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Family functioning and psychological well-being in Chinese early adolescents: a three-wave study of future-oriented coping and gender differences"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Qiangqiang","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marxism, Jilin University of Finance and Economics","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qianwen","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marxism, Jilin University of Finance and Economics","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xinhui","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marxism, Jilin University of Finance and Economics","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hongyu","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Marxism, Jilin University of Finance and Economics","place":["Jilin, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1330720","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2024.1330720","article-title":"Social support and mental health: the mediating role of perceived stress","volume":"15","author":"Acoba","year":"2024","journal-title":"Front. 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