The current study examined the psychological mechanism that underlies the relationship between parents' response style and children's subjective well-being and its boundary conditions, the mediating role of the parent-child relationship, and the moderating role of friendship quality. Using the Parents' Responses to Children's Performance Scale, the Buchanan Scale of Closeness to Parents, the Friendship Quality Questionnaire, and the Campbell Index of Well-being, our study investigated 686 pupils who were randomly selected from three public schools in central China. Employing Mplus 8.3 for path...
