The Phenomenological Experience of Parents Who Live with a Boomerang Child

Casares, D. Robert; White, Carolyn C.

doi:10.1080/01926187.2018.1495133

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“…The “timing of lives” focuses on the socially-constructed expectations of age cohorts or generations, in this case the roles and responsibilities of adult children and students during the emerging adulthood developmental stage. This stage is characterized by ambiguity about whether the child has reached adulthood, and how parents should treat the child, particularly related to issues of responsibility and autonomy (Arnett, 2014; Casares & White, 2018). Emerging adults might feel like their identities have regressed just by returning to their childhood environment, from losing employment, and feeling less independent (Benson & Furstenberg, 2007; Nelson & Barry, 2005).…”

Section: A Life Course Perspective On How the Quarantine Can Affect Mental Healthmentioning

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“I Hate It Here”: Mental Health Changes of College Students Living With Parents During the COVID-19 Quarantine

Hall

Zygmunt

2021

Emerging Adulthood

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and college campus closure in early 2020, students returned to live at home in unprecedented circumstances. A sample of 336 college students reported about their experiences living at home and the extent to which they perceived their mental health declining during the stay-at-home order (quarantine). Multiple regression analysis indicated that being a freshman (compared to a senior), having more negative interaction with a parent, fearing for one’s own and one’s family’s health, perceiving less parental acceptance about being home, having low autonomy, and displaying less positive coping (not working to improve one’s self and strengthen family relationships, more idleness) associated with self-reported decreases in mental health during quarantine. Thematic analysis of open-ended responses suggested that students viewed the quarantine as relevant to their mental health, especially because of positive or negative family experiences, and to a lesser degree disruption of education and work norms.

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Section: A Life Course Perspective On How the Quarantine Can Affect Mental Healthmentioning

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“I Hate It Here”: Mental Health Changes of College Students Living With Parents During the COVID-19 Quarantine

Hall

Zygmunt

2021

Emerging Adulthood

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“…Perhaps they have made a more complete transition from dependence to interdependence, an important developmental milestone for young adults that helps transform the parent–child relationship (Baltes & Silverberg, 1994). Feeling more adultlike might help students relate better to their parents, finding joint interests and communicating on a more similar level (Casares & White, 2018).…”

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“…Some of the research findings are reminiscent of general research on adult parent–child relationships and on boomeranging, making conventional suggestions and interventions relevant. For example, families should negotiate roles and responsibilities while respecting the emerging autonomy of the young‐adult child (Casares & White, 2018; Vogl‐Bauer, 2009). Parenting adult children can be difficult because parents may not know how much to intervene in the life of someone trying to develop independence (Arnett, 2000; Burn & Szoeke, 2016); having adult children live at home who might rather be away at school could make it an especially sensitive situation.…”

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“…Thus, distinct household characteristics should account for different homelife experiences during the quarantine. For example, students returning to an empty nest in which parents have become used to additional privacy, autonomy, and control could be particularly disruptive to family relationships (Casares & White, 2018; Tosi & Grundy, 2018). Even reintroducing an adult child to a home that includes other children requires a shift of roles, rules, and boundaries (Bowen, 1993; Casares & White, 2018).…”

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“…While seeking to find a balance between responsibility and autonomy, coresidential adult children and parents typically negotiate expectations about the adult child coming and going, the financial contribution the child would make to the family, privacy for family members, and who the adult child might bring into the home (Casares & White, 2018; Vogl‐Bauer, 2009). In the case of the quarantine, the adult children also had the expectation of being a successful student and possibly to assist with managing family members' physical health.…”

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Dislocated College Students and the Pandemic: Back Home Under Extraordinary Circumstances

Hall

Zygmunt

2021

Family Relations

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Objective This research examines college students' experiences of dislocation during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Background Due to governmental stay‐at‐home orders during the pandemic, families with “dislocated” (compelled to return home) college students would likely encounter unique stressors while also being limited in their normal ways of coping. Methods Using an online survey, the current study sought to discover how diverse individual characteristics and family living situations of 323 dislocated students associated with varying homelife experiences (e.g., intrusive parenting, students making an extra effort to spend time with family), and how such experiences associated with relationship changes during the quarantine. Results Analyses detected some differences in the students' homelife experiences based on background and living situations, especially related to being a first‐year student, having been excited about returning home, and feeling accepted by parents about being home. Negative family relationship quality during the quarantine was most predicted by negative attitudes from students and parents about students being home, the student feeling less adultlike (based on treatment and own identity conception), and having low autonomy. Conclusion Returning home for quarantine was challenging for most students, and circumstances and attitudes appeared to contribute to how such challenges associated with family relationship changes. Implications Implications for practitioners and universities are discussed in regard to preparing college students and their families for similar conditions.

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Returning to the nest: Emerging adults living with parents during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Prattley

Evans-Whipp

O'Donnell

et al. 2022

Aust J Social Issues

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Changes in the working, study and social lives of emerging adults due to the COVID‐19 pandemic have led to greater need for external supports. Many who lived independently may have sought that support by returning to live with parents. This study identifies factors associated with returns made between 2019 and 2020. It describes supports needed and obtained, relationships between parents and their resident emerging adults and identifies correlates of poor coping and high psychological distress. Data from the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth and the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children were used and showed half of the emerging adults who moved did so due to COVID‐19 restrictions. Loss of work and increased need for emotional and financial support were key drivers of moves. Nineteen per cent who returned found spending more time with family difficult and over half did not have their support needs fully met, increasing their odds of poor coping at that time (OR = 2.9, 4.3, respectively) and subsequent psychological distress (OR = 6.0). Families were an important source of support but could not necessarily mitigate all challenges; for some emerging adults, returning to live with parents gave rise to additional difficulties which negatively affected mental health.

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The Phenomenological Experience of Parents Who Live with a Boomerang Child

Cited by 14 publications

References 26 publications

“I Hate It Here”: Mental Health Changes of College Students Living With Parents During the COVID-19 Quarantine

“I Hate It Here”: Mental Health Changes of College Students Living With Parents During the COVID-19 Quarantine

Dislocated College Students and the Pandemic: Back Home Under Extraordinary Circumstances

Returning to the nest: Emerging adults living with parents during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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