Reciprocal Relations between Emerging Adults’ Representations of Relationships with Mothers, Fathers, and Romantic Partners

Suh, Go Woon; Fabricius, William V.

doi:10.1111/famp.12458

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“…Mothers. Developmental theories emphasize mothers' role in development (Ainsworth, 1989;Erikson, 1993;Suh & Fabricius, 2020), and more recent studies continue to reflect the positive impact of maternal relationships on children's mental health outcomes. For example, perceived maternal support has predicted fewer depressive symptoms among adolescents, as well as buffered the relationship between romantic stress and depressive symptoms (Anderson et al, 2015).…”

Section: Parental Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Interaction Between Social Strain and Support and its Association with College Students’ Psychological Well-Being

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The current study elucidates the role that close relationships play on emerging adults’ psychological distress. We examined the associations between maternal, paternal, and romantic partner strain and well-being outcomes, as well as the moderating role of overall social support. Data were collected from 469 undergraduates through an online survey. As expected, maternal and paternal strain were negatively associated with satisfaction with life (SWL) and positively associated with loneliness; however, romantic partner strain did not significantly relate to either well-being variable. Additionally, although overall support was associated with the well-being variables, the interactions between overall social support and strain were not significant, suggesting no moderating effect of support. These findings suggest that maternal and paternal strain can contribute negatively to their children’s psychological well-being regardless of emerging adults’ overall perceptions of support from their social networks. Implications for theories of social support and interventions for college students are discussed.

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Section: Parental Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring the Interaction Between Social Strain and Support and its Association with College Students’ Psychological Well-Being

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“…Parenting has a very important role in the development of a child's personality and interpersonal relationships. Suh et al (2019) confirmed that the quality of the father-son relationship is the basis of knowledge for individuals to form healthy romantic relationships. Individuals build an internal working model or an understanding of self-worth to be loved and believe in others.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 73%

The Effects of Parental Conflicts and Divorce Towards Self-efficacy in Romantic Relationships of Young Adults Male

Aulia Rahma,

Dwi Hastuti,

Herien Puspitawati

2023

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Parental conflict and divorce trends have been increasing over the years and hinder parents from nurturing their children, particularly fathers. Fathers are more likely to disengage in parenting after a divorce. This may affect children in their romantic relationships in later life. This study aimed to examine the effects of parental conflict and divorce and father parenting practices towards self-efficacy in romantic relationships of young adults male. The study applied quantitative methods with correlational, comparative, and regression analysis. 62 male and single young adults whose parents were divorced before the age of 18 were involved and chosen with purposive sampling. The data was collected by using the children's perception of interparental conflict scale (α=0.92), parental acceptance-rejection questionnaire (α=0.86), and self-efficacy in romantic relationship scale (α=0.89). The results revealed that there is a partial correlation between parental conflict intensity and relationship anxiety and other aspects related to the self-efficacy of young male adults. Paired t-test illustrated differences in self-efficacy in romantic relationships based on individual characteristics and father parenting practices (negative). Regression analysis also demonstrated a significant effect of father parenting practices, both positive and negative, towards self-efficacy in romantic relationships. In conclusion, the efficacy of romantic relationships in early adulthood from divorced families is influenced by negative paternal parenting.

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“…However, fewer studies have considered the unique effect of fathers and the changes in the relationship from the perspective of an emerging adult. However, it has been found that for emerging adults, relationship anxiety with fathers and avoidance with romantic partners were reciprocally related (Suh & Fabricius, 2020). This association was not found with mothers, which highlights an interesting aspect of the importance fathers hold in emerging adults' lives and how their relationships with their fathers can influence other significant relationships.…”

Section: Fathermentioning

confidence: 89%

They are the best: The significance of others to emerging adults and well-being

Cookston

Chou

Khalid

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We know little about the relationships that matter to emerging adults. This preregistered report elaborates our plan to survey 200 emerging adults (approximately half male) to better understand the role of significant others. First, we plan to ask emerging adults to list individuals who matter and we will code the open-ended text for relationship type. Second, we will use an adapted version of Schneck’s (2009) Mattering Scale to assess mattering among five common close relationships (i.e., mother figure, father figure, partner, best friend, sibling). We predict that mattering of partner and best friend will be highest, mothers will matter more than fathers, and siblings will matter least. We hypothesize failing to mention a relationship in the open-ended portion will be related to lower mattering of that relationship. Finally, we anticipate better well being and less loneliness when the list of those who matter is longer and when significant others matter more.

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Reciprocal Relations between Emerging Adults’ Representations of Relationships with Mothers, Fathers, and Romantic Partners

Cited by 7 publications

References 38 publications

Exploring the Interaction Between Social Strain and Support and its Association with College Students’ Psychological Well-Being

Exploring the Interaction Between Social Strain and Support and its Association with College Students’ Psychological Well-Being

The Effects of Parental Conflicts and Divorce Towards Self-efficacy in Romantic Relationships of Young Adults Male

They are the best: The significance of others to emerging adults and well-being

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