Adult Children of Gay Fathers: Parent–Child Relationship Quality and Mental Health

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 1152-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha L. Tornello ◽  
Charlotte J. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Gay Fathers ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

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.

Longitudinal Increases in Parent–Child Relationship Quality and Sensation Seeking Interact to Increase Risk-Taking During the College Transition

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
João F. Guassi Moreira ◽  
Eva H. Telzer
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
College Transition ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Risk Taking Behaviors ◽  
Parent Child

We tested two competing predictions of whether changes in parent–child relationship quality buffer or exacerbate the association between sensation-seeking and risk-taking behaviors as individuals gain more independence during the high school–college transition. In the current longitudinal study, 287 participants completed self-report measures of sensation seeking, risk-taking, and parent–child relationship quality with their parents prior to starting college and again during their first semester. Overall, students displayed increases in risky behaviors, which were predicted by sensation seeking. Changes in relationship quality moderated the association between sensation seeking and risk-taking, such that sensation seeking predicted higher risk-taking behaviors during the first semester of college, but only for those who reported increases in relationship quality across the college transition. These results suggest that increased relationship quality may have an inadvertent spillover effect by interacting with sensation seeking to increase risky behaviors.

scholarly journals Child and Parent Predictors of Perceptions of Parent—Child Relationship Quality

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyson C. Gerdes ◽  
Betsy Hoza ◽  
L. Eugene Arnold ◽  
Stephen P. Hinshaw ◽  
Karen C. Wells ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

scholarly journals Cyberbullying victimisation and internalising and externalising problems among adolescents: the moderating role of parent–child relationship and child's sex

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Sampasa-Kanyinga ◽  
K. Lalande ◽  
I. Colman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Poor Mental Health ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Externalising Problems ◽  
Bullying Victimisation ◽  
Parent Child

Abstract Aims Previous research has found links between cyberbullying victimisation and internalising and externalising problems among adolescents. However, little is known about the factors that might moderate these relationships. Thus, the present study examined the relationships between cyberbullying victimisation and psychological distress, suicidality, self-rated poor mental health and substance use among adolescents, and tested whether parent–child relationship and child's sex would moderate these relationships. Methods Self-report data on experiences of cyberbullying victimisation, self-rated poor mental health, psychological distress, suicidality and substance use were derived from the 2013 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey, a province-wide school-based survey of students in grades 7 through 12 aged 11–20 years (N = 5478). Logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, subjective socioeconomic status and involvement in physical fighting, bullying victimisation and perpetration at school. Results Cyberbullying victimisation was associated with self-rated poor mental health (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 2.15; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.64–2.81), psychological distress (OR 2.41; 95% CI 1.90–3.06), suicidal ideation (OR 2.38; 95% CI 1.83–3.08) and attempts (OR 2.07; 95% CI 1.27–3.38), smoking tobacco cigarette (OR 1.96; 95% CI 1.45–2.65), cannabis use (OR 1.82; 95% CI 1.32–2.51), and binge drinking (OR 1.44; 95% CI 1.03–2.02). The association between cyberbullying victimisation and psychological distress was modified by parent–child relationship and child's sex (three-way interaction term p < 0.05). The association between cyberbullying victimisation and psychological distress was much stronger among boys who have a negative relationship with their parents. Conclusions Findings suggest that cyberbullying victimisation is strongly associated with psychological distress in most adolescents with the exception of males who get along well with their parents. Further research using a longitudinal design is necessary to disentangle the interrelationship among child's sex, parent–child relationship, cyberbullying victimisation and mental health outcomes among adolescents in order to improve ongoing mental health prevention efforts.

scholarly journals Early childhood cortisol reactivity moderates the effects of parent-child relationship quality on the development of children's temperament in early childhood

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. e12378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Kopala-Sibley ◽  
Lea R. Dougherty ◽  
Margret W. Dyson ◽  
Rebecca S. Laptook ◽  
Thomas M. Olino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Cortisol Reactivity ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

Relationships between Korean parents’ marital satisfaction, parental satisfaction, and parent–child relationship quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 2270-2285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jieun Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Parental Satisfaction ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Relational Quality ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Parent Child

Research about parental marital satisfaction and parent–child relationships is well established, but the effects of marital satisfaction on parental satisfaction require more explanation in a Korean sample. In total, 2,070 participants (51.0% mothers, 49.0% fathers) from a nationally representative sample of Korean people were selected from the 2015 Fact-Finding Survey in Families, and structural equation modeling was performed to examine the relationships between marital satisfaction, parent–child relational quality, and parental satisfaction. In support of the spillover hypothesis, marital satisfaction was significantly correlated with parental satisfaction and affected it directly and indirectly via positive and negative parent–child relationship quality. In addition, mediational pathways differed according to sex. The implications of the findings and directions for future research were discussed.

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