scholarly journals Acculturation, Communication Competence, and Family Functioning in Mexican–American Mother–Daughter Dyads

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Becky Marquez ◽  
Tanya Benitez ◽  
Zephon Lister
Keyword(s):  
Family Functioning ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model

AbstractLittle is known of how intergenerational acculturation discrepancy relates to communication skills differences that may influence relationship quality among parents and adult children. Mexican–American mother–daughter dyads (n = 59) were studied using the Actor Partner Interdependence Model to examine dyadic associations of acculturation and communication competence with family functioning and mediation analysis to determine the indirect effect of acculturation discrepancy on family functioning through communication competence differences. Communication competence of mothers exerted significant actor and partner effects on daughter-perceived cohesion and closeness. Higher acculturation discrepancy predicted greater communication competence difference which in turn was associated with lower cohesion and closeness. There was a significant indirect effect of acculturation discrepancy on daughter-perceived cohesion through communication competence difference. Communication competence of mothers impacts their own as well as their daughters’ perceptions of dyad cohesion and closeness. Intergenerational discrepant acculturation contributes to discordant communication skills that impair family functioning, which has implications for psychological well-being.

scholarly journals Adult Children’s Daily Experiences With Parental Advice: The Importance of Life Problems and Relationship Quality

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haowei Wang ◽  
Kyungmin Kim ◽  
Jeffrey A Burr ◽  
Kira S Birditt ◽  
Karen L Fingerman
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Negative Mood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Daily Experiences ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Life Problems ◽  
Parent Child

Abstract Objectives Parents often provide advice to their adult children during their everyday interactions. This study investigated young adult children’s daily experiences with parental advice in U.S. families. Specifically, the study examined how receiving advice and evaluations of parental advice were associated with children’s life problems, parent–child relationship quality, and daily mood. Methods Young adult children (aged 18–30 years; participant N = 152) reported whether they received any advice and perceived any unwanted advice from each parent (parent N = 235) for 7 days using a daily diary design (participant-day N = 948). Adult children also reported their positive and negative mood on each interview day. Results Results from multilevel models revealed that adult children who reported a more positive relationship with their parents were more likely to receive advice from the parent, whereas adult children who had a more strained relationship with their parents were more likely to perceive advice from the parent as unwanted. Receiving advice from the mother was associated with increased positive mood, whereas unwanted advice from any parent was associated with increased negative mood. Furthermore, the link between unwanted advice and negative mood varied by children’s life problems and parent–child relationship quality. Discussion Indeed, parental advice is not “the more the better,” especially when the advice is unsolicited. This study highlights the importance of perceptions of family support for emerging adults’ well-being.

scholarly journals Communicated perspective-taking (CPT) and storylistening: Testing the impact of CPT in the context of friends telling stories of difficulty

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-41
Author(s):  
Jody Koenig Kellas ◽  
Jonathan Baker ◽  
Megan Cardwell ◽  
Mackensie Minniear ◽  
Haley Kranstuber Horstman
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Communication Competence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Rating System ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Affective Tone ◽  
The Impact

Grounded in communicated narrative sense-making theory (CNSM), the purpose of the current study was to test the effects of storylisteners’ communicated perspective taking (CPT) on storytellers’ well-being and evaluations of storylisteners’ communication skills in the context of telling stories about difficulty. Pairs of friends ( n = 37) engaged in a storytelling interaction in which one person told a story of a difficult life experience (DLE). Listeners’ CPT was rated by observers using the Communicated Perspective-Taking Rating System (CPTRS) and tellers reported on listeners’ behaviors and their own psychosocial health. Results indicate that observed CPT relates positively to tellers’ perceptions of listeners’ communication competence and CPT, and negatively to listeners’ perceived face threat. Particularly important were the identity validation, agreement, and affective tone dimensions of the CPTRS. The links between observed CPT and communication skills were moderated by the degree to which the DLE was considered upsetting, significant, and based on how often the DLE story had been told. Despite previous research, observed CPT was not related to psychosocial health in the current study.

Well-Being, Temporal Orientation, and the Dual Nature of Materialism

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-86
Author(s):  
David C. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Temporal Orientation ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Temporal Perspective ◽  
Dual Nature ◽  
The Future ◽  
Temporal Profiles ◽  
The Relationship

The present research examined the dual nature of the materialistic personality in terms of temporal perspective, subjective well-being, and materialism. The dual-nature model hypothesizes an anxious “mouse” type and a more flamboyant “peacock” type of materialist. Previous research has found a relationship between materialism and past-negative and present fatalistic temporal orientation. This study extended this research by examining the future-negative perspective and its relationship to materialism and well-being. It was hypothesized that the two types of materialists would have different temporal profiles. In addition, it was predicted that a future-negative perspective would mediate the relationship between materialism and well-being as was previously found with past-negative temporal orientation. The results indicated higher dark-future, future-negative, and past-negative scores with the “mouse” type materialists and higher present hedonistic scores in the “peacock” type materialists. Mediation analysis showed an indirect effect of a future-negative perspective in the relationship between materialism and well-being.

scholarly journals Mothers’ Health and Relationships With Adult Children: The Moderating Role of Gender and Race

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 517-518
Author(s):  
Catherine Stepniak ◽  
J Jill Suitor ◽  
Megan Gilligan
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intergenerational Relationship ◽  
Gender And Race ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
And Gender

Abstract Consistent with theories of the life course and intergenerational solidarity, families are generally closely tied groups in which one family member’s event affects other members as well. Although the literature has documented that parents and adult children affect one another’s well-being, less is known about how parents’ health shapes relationship quality between family members. In this paper, we utilize data from the Within-Family Difference Study (WFDS) II to explore how mothers’ functional limitations affect relationship quality between mothers and their adult children, as reported by both family members. We hypothesized that the association between mothers’ health and intergenerational relationship quality would be moderated by gender and race. Using multi-level regression modeling, we found that mothers’ reports of relationship quality were not predicted by the presence of mothers’ functional limitations, nor were there any moderating effects of race or gender. In contrast, adult children who perceived that their mothers had limitations reported higher tension with them. Further, daughters were more likely than sons to report greater tension when they perceived that their mothers had limitations (differences between coefficients p < .10). White adult children reported lower levels of closeness and higher levels of tension when they perceived that their mothers had health limitations (differences between coefficients p < .05; p < .10 respectively). However, limitations did not predict Black children’s reports of closeness or conflict with mothers. This study sheds new light on the complex ways in which race and gender moderate the role of mothers’ limitations in intergenerational relationship quality.

Correlates of and interrelationships among social stressors, relationship quality, and family functioning among informal cancer caregivers.

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 230-230
Author(s):  
Erin E. Kent ◽  
Kristin Litzelman ◽  
Julia Howe Rowland
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Family Functioning ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Social Stress ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Effect Sizes

230 Background: Informal/family caregivers play a critical role in supporting cancer patients and are often an important part of the palliative care team. To better understand how informal caregivers are influenced by their role and inform future interventions, this study sought to evaluate the distribution and correlates of social and family factors among caregivers of cancer patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from the Cancer Care Outcomes Research & Surveillance Consortium (CanCORS). Lung and colorectal cancer patients nominated an informal caregiver to participate in a caregiving survey. Caregivers reported their sociodemographic and caregiving characteristics, social stress, relationship quality with the patient, and family functioning. Descriptive statistics were used to assess the distribution of caregivers’ social factors. Multivariable linear regressions were used to examine the independent correlates of each social factor. Results: Most caregivers reported low-to-moderate levels of social stress and good relationship quality and family functioning. In multivariable analyses older age was associated with lower social stress and better family functioning, but worse relationship quality, with effect sizes (Cohen’s D) up to 0.40 (p < 0.05). Caring for a female patient was associated with lower social stress and better relationship quality, but worse family functioning (effect sizes up to 0.16, p < 0.05). Few caregiving characteristics were associated with social stress, while several were significant independent correlates of relationship quality. Finally, social factors were important independent correlates of one another. Conclusions: The results highlight the importance of personal and caregiving-related characteristics and the broader family context to social factors. As social factors may play an important role in the health, quality of life, and caregiving efficacy of informal caregivers, future work is needed to better understand these pathways and assess whether interventions targeting social factors can improve caregiver well-being, thereby potentially improving patient-centered palliative care.

scholarly journals Relationship Quality With Adult Children Among Grandparent Caregivers

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 75-75
Author(s):  
Heejung Jang
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Class Analysis ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Grandparent Caregivers ◽  
Grandparent Caregiving

Abstract For the increasing number of grandparent caregivers, relationship quality with adult children has important implications for the well-being of grandparents. Based on solidarity, conflict, and ambivalence, the present study examines how parent-adult children's relationships differ by grandparent caregiving status on depressive symptoms and psychological well-being. This study uses The 2014 Health and Retirement Study from a sample of 1,197 grandparent caregivers age 51 and older. Latent class analysis is applied to measure affection and conflict in older grandparents-adult children relationships. Results from the latent class analysis identified four clusters: amicable, ambivalent, detached, and disharmonious. OLS regression models are estimated the association between relationship types and depressive symptoms and psychological well-being by grandparent caregiving. For the depressive symptoms, disharmonious relationships with adult children increase depressive symptoms among co-parenting and custodial grandparents. Also, ambivalent and disharmonious relationships with adult children reduce the psychological well-being of older grandparents. The study discusses the variances of the relationships with adult children and their effects on grandparents’ well-being. The results will shed light on the importance of familial relationships and will be beneficial for the development and maintenance of policies and practices that support the families of grandparent caregivers.

Two-Condition Within-Participant Statistical Mediation Analysis: A Path-Analytic Framework

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Kay Montoya ◽  
Andrew F. Hayes
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Intervals ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Hypothesis Tests ◽  
Bootstrap Confidence Intervals ◽  
Complex Models ◽  
Path Analytic ◽  
Statistical Mediation Analysis

Researchers interested in testing mediation often use designs where participants are measured on a dependent variable Y and a mediator M in both of two different circumstances. The dominant approach to assessing mediation in such a design, proposed by Judd, Kenny, and McClelland (2001), relies on a series of hypothesis tests about components of the mediation model and is not based on an estimate of or formal inference about the indirect effect. In this paper we recast Judd et al.’s approach in the path-analytic framework that is now commonly used in between-participant mediation analysis. By so doing, it is apparent how to estimate the indirect effect of a within-participant manipulation on some outcome through a mediator as the product of paths of influence. This path analytic approach eliminates the need for discrete hypothesis tests about components of the model to support a claim of mediation, as Judd et al’s method requires, because it relies only on an inference about the product of paths— the indirect effect. We generalize methods of inference for the indirect effect widely used in between-participant designs to this within-participant version of mediation analysis, including bootstrap confidence intervals and Monte Carlo confidence intervals. Using this path analytic approach, we extend the method to models with multiple mediators operating in parallel and serially and discuss the comparison of indirect effects in these more complex models. We offer macros and code for SPSS, SAS, and Mplus that conduct these analyses.

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