Although people strive for meaning in life, life is full of experiences that challenge meaning. According to Bowen's family systems theory, the family is both a relational and an emotional system in which family members influence and are influenced by each other. Invalidating environment, reflecting a deficient family emotional setting, may be a key influencing factor in diminishing meaning in life. Existing studies have not directly explored the effects of the invalidating environment on meaning in life and its underlying mechanism. Guided by Bowen's family systems theory, this study aims to explore the relationship between invalidating environment and meaning in life, as well as the mediating effects of regulatory emotional self-efficacy and the satisfaction of basic psychological needs. A sample of 555 university students (62.5 % female, 37.5 % male; Mage =19.13 years old, = 1.72) completed questionnaires regarding demographics, invalidating environment, meaning in life, regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and basic psychological needs satisfaction. Results revealed that: (a) invalidating environment negatively predicts meaning in life; (b) regulatory emotional self-efficacy and basic psychological needs satisfaction serve as both independent and chain mediators between invalidating environment and meaning in life. Invalidating environment affects meaning in life through regulatory emotional self-efficacy and basic psychological needs satisfaction. This finding has significant theoretical implications and provides a feasible pathway to improve children's meaning in life at both the parent and child levels.

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使环境和生活意义失效：调节情绪自我效能与基本心理需求满足的链式中介效应

尽管人们努力追求生活的意义，但生活中却充满了挑战意义的经历。根据鲍文的家庭系统理论，家庭既是一个关系系统，又是一个家庭成员相互影响和被影响的情感系统。无效的环境反映了家庭情感环境的缺陷，可能是生活意义减弱的一个关键影响因素。现有研究尚未直接探讨失效环境对生命意义的影响及其潜在机制。本研究以鲍文的家庭系统理论为指导，旨在探讨无效环境与生活意义之间的关系，以及调节情绪自我效能与基本心理需求满足的中介作用。 555 名大学生样本（62.5% 女性，37.5% 男性；Mage = 19.13 岁，= 1.72）完成了有关人口统计、无效环境、生活意义、调节情绪自我效能和基本心理需求满足的调查问卷。结果表明：(a) 使环境无效会负面预测生活的意义； (b) 调节情绪自我效能和基本心理需求满足在无效环境和生活意义之间既是独立中介又是连锁中介。无效的环境通过调节情绪自我效能和基本心理需求的满足来影响生活的意义。这一发现具有重要的理论意义，并为在父母和孩子层面上改善儿童的生活意义提供了一条可行的途径。