Assessment of the Familial Relationships of Young Adult Children of Separated Parents

“The stakes are so high and it’s happening so fast”: Adult children’s perceptions of family role shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Our study shows that when roles are reversed, this practice of hiding information may lead adult children to find new ways to monitor their parents, such as forming alliances with other family members. Our study extends previous research showing that emotional and instrumental role shifts may involve the creation of coalitions with one parent ( Valls-Vidal et al, 2010 ). Further, our results demonstrate that adult children’s need to influence parents led them to form coalitions with parents or extended family members to both monitor and persuade parents during a crisis.…”

Couples' Cultural Values, Shared Parenting, and Family Emotional Climate Within Mexican American Families

“…Overall, studies on shared parenting (which includes the construct of coparenting ) remain consistent in their findings. There is evidence of its association with children's developmental outcomes (Brown, Schoppe‐Sullivan, Mangelsdorf, & Neff, ), the quality of parenting during infancy (Elliston, McHale, Talbot, Parmley, & Kuersten‐Hogan, ), during adolescence (Solmeyer, McHale, Killoren, & Updegraff, ), and even during the young adult life of children (Gasper, Stolberg, Macie, & Williams, ; Valls‐Vidal, Pérez‐Testor, Guardia‐Olmos, & Iafrate, ). There is also evidence that shared parenting impacts the quality of the marital relationship (Ippolito‐Morrill, Hines, Mahmood, & Cordova, ; Schoppe‐Sullivan, Mangelsdorf, Frosch, & McHale, ), as well as whole family outcomes such as family emotional climate (Lindhal & Malik, ).…”

“…, the quality of parenting during infancy (Elliston, McHale, Talbot, Parmley, & Kuersten-Hogan, 2008), during adolescence (Solmeyer, McHale, Killoren, & Updegraff, 2011), and even during the young adult life of children (Gasper, Stolberg, Macie, & Williams, 2008;Valls-Vidal, Pérez-Testor, Guardia-Olmos, & Iafrate, 2010). There is also evidence that shared parenting impacts the quality of the marital relationship (Ippolito-Morrill, Hines, Mahmood, & Cordova, 2010;Schoppe-Sullivan, Mangelsdorf, Frosch, & McHale, 2004), as well as whole family outcomes such as family emotional climate (Lindhal & Malik, 1999).…”

Young Adults’ Individuation with Mother and Father as a Function of Dysfunctional Family Patterns, Gender and Parental Divorce

“…To assess IM and IF and DFP, the Battery for the Assessment of Young Adults Individuation on the Family of Origin (Valls-Vidal, Pérez-Testor, Guàrdia-Olmos, & Iafrate, 2010 was used. In previous articles, four subscales for IM were obtained from the factor analysis: Connectedness (feelings of affection, acceptance, and admiration toward one's parents), with eight items (e.g., "I like it when she talks to me"), α = .83; Openness (the mother's attitude to access the young adult's intimacy and open communication with her on the child's behalf), with six items (e.g., "I always feel controlled by her"), α = .84; Fear of Love Withdrawal (fear of physical or emotional separation from one's own parents), with four items (e.g., "When I make a mistake, I wonder if she still loves me"), α = .76; and Autonomy (the capacity to act and think by oneself autonomously), with three items (e.g., "Between you and your mother who tends to be the boss in the relationship?…”