Conditional Effects Received Parental Support on Emerging Adults’ Relational Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Tara G. McManus
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Relational Satisfaction ◽  
Conditional Effects

Parenting Practices and Emerging Adult Well-Being in the United States and China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu Su ◽  
Alyssa McElwain ◽  
Xi Lin
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Psychological Control ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Helicopter Parenting ◽  
Two Samples

Parenting practices that promote or inhibit autonomy in their emerging adult child can impact the well-being of emerging adults. This study explored a variety of parenting practices and how these practices impact emerging adult well-being across two cultures. Associations between parental support, involvement, helicopter parenting, and psychological control and emerging adults’ well-being were compared between two samples of participants ages 18-25: American ( n = 643) and Chinese ( n = 514). Results indicate that parental support can promote well-being among emerging adults, but autonomy-limiting practices of psychological control and helicopter parenting seem to be unfavorable for emerging adults regardless of culture. Differences in reported mean levels of the four parenting practices were observed across the two culturally specific samples; however, the strength of associations between practices and emerging adult well-being was not statistically different.

“Mom, You Don’t Get It”: A Critical Examination of Multiracial Emerging Adults’ Perceptions of Parental Support

2020 ◽  
pp. 216769682091409
Author(s):  
Annabelle L. Atkin ◽  
Kelly F. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Constructivist Grounded Theory ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Multiracial Families ◽  
Support Strategies ◽  
Racial Experiences ◽  
Identity Expression

Multiracial families are becoming increasingly common in the United States, yet there is a dearth of research examining how parents of Multiracial youth provide support for navigating challenges associated with being mixed race in a monocentric society. The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the parental support strategies that Multiracial emerging adults perceived to be helpful in their own development. Twenty Multiracial emerging adults (50% female, mean age = 20.55) with diverse Multiracial heritages were interviewed about conversations they had with their parents regarding their racial experiences throughout their childhood. Critical supplementary analysis using constructivist grounded theory identified three themes of parental support (i.e., connection support, discrimination support, and Multiracial identity expression support) and informed a conceptual model demonstrating relationships between environmental context, parent characteristics, family dynamics, risks, and identity development. Findings are discussed in terms of implications for researchers and practitioners serving Multiracial families.

scholarly journals The Link between Parenting Behaviors and Emerging Adults’ Relationship Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Relational Entitlement

2022 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 828
Author(s):  
Octav-Sorin Candel
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Relational Satisfaction ◽  
Helicopter Parenting ◽  
Couple Conflict ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Interpersonal Behaviors ◽  
Supportive Behaviors ◽  
Relationship Outcomes

Previous research shows a link between parenting and children’s characteristics and interpersonal behaviors. However, little is known about the ways in which parenting tactics affect children’s romantic relationships and whether the children’s characteristics can mediate these associations. With this study, the aim was to test the associations between parents’ helicopter parenting/autonomy-supportive behaviors and emergent adults’ relational satisfaction and couple conflict. In addition, it was tested whether the sense of relational entitlement (excessive and restricted) mediated the links. Two hundred and twelve emergent adult–parent dyads participated in this study. Mediation analyses showed that parental autonomy-supportive behaviors had indirect effects on both the relational satisfaction and the couple conflict reported by the emerging adults through excessive relational entitlement. The link was positive for the former couple-related outcome and negative for the latter one. Helicopter parenting was not related to any variable reported by the emerging adults. In conclusion, positive parenting can increase relational stability and well-being by diminishing some potentially negative psychological characteristics of emerging adults.

scholarly journals Beyond Parental Control: Designing Adolescent Online Safety Apps Using Value Sensitive Design

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-175
Author(s):  
Karla Badillo-Urquiola ◽  
Chhaya Chouhan ◽  
Stevie Chancellor ◽  
Munmun De Choudhary ◽  
Pamela Wisniewski
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Parental Control ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
The United States ◽  
Value Sensitive Design ◽  
Online Safety ◽  
Safety Features ◽  
Traditional Paradigm

Parental control applications are designed to help parents monitor their teens and protect them from online risks. Generally, parents are considered the primary stakeholders for these apps; therefore, the apps often emphasize increased parental control through restriction and monitoring. By taking a developmental perspective and a Value Sensitive Design approach, we explore the possibility of designing more youth-centric online safety features. We asked 39 undergraduate students in the United States to create design charrettes of parental control apps that would better represent teens as stakeholders. As emerging adults, students discussed the value tensions between teens and parents and designed features to reduce and balance these tensions. While they emphasized safety, the students also designed to improve parent-teen communication, teen autonomy and privacy, and parental support. Our research contributes to the adolescent online safety literature by presenting design ideas from emerging adults that depart from the traditional paradigm of parental control. We also make a pedagogical contribution by leveraging design charrettes as a classroom tool for engaging college students in the design of youth-centered apps. We discuss why features that support parent-teen cooperation, teen privacy, and autonomy may be more developmentally appropriate for adolescents than existing parental control app designs.

“We Got In!”

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-52
Author(s):  
Kayla Reed-Fitzke ◽  
Elizabeth R Watters
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Developmentally Appropriate ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Supportive Relationships ◽  
The Family ◽  
Parental Figures

Emerging adults rely on family, friends, and others in their personal networks to aid in making decisions. Parents are heavily involved in the lives of their children, ensuring that they have all of the supports or advantages in place to become successful. This chapter focuses on the continued importance and impact of the family, particularly parental figures, for emerging adults in higher education. An overview of seminal interdisciplinary theories is provided, along with a discussion of contrasting parental behaviors and their consequences. Special attention is given to first-generation students and those who lack parental support. A case study and reflection questions help readers apply the chapter’s content so that emerging adults can foster developmentally appropriate supportive relationships.

Patterns of romantic involvement among emerging adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 460-467 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shmuel Shulman ◽  
Miri Scharf ◽  
Yaara Livne ◽  
Tamuz Barr
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Relational Patterns ◽  
Romantic Involvement ◽  
Quality Of Relationships ◽  
Different Levels

The present study examined patterns of romantic involvement in 100 Israeli emerging adults (54 males) who were followed from age 22 to 29 years. Analyses of interviews at age 29 yielded four distinctive relational patterns that are associated with different levels of concurrent wellbeing: Intimately committed, Intimate, Non- intimately committed, and Non-stable. Low efficacy, immature dependency and low parental support, measured 7 years earlier, predicted less optimal romantic relational patterns—non-stable or non-intimately committed. Continued pursuit of studies predicted a delay in entering a committed relationship, despite the capability for such a relationship. Findings of the study suggest that personality and family attributes explain the type and quality of relationships in which young people will be involved, while contextual factors only explain postponement of commitment.

scholarly journals The relation of parental support of emerging adults’ goals to well-being over time: The mediating roles of goal progress and autonomy need satisfaction.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Koestner ◽  
Theodore A. Powers ◽  
Anne Catherine Holding ◽  
Nora Hope ◽  
Marina Milyavskaya
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Personal Goals ◽  
Prospective Longitudinal

Two studies examined parental support of young adults’ personal goals. Study 1 examined 1189 personal goals reported by 238 young adults and showed that it was common for emerging adults to receive support from their parents as they pursued their personal goals, particularly important and demanding goals. Relying on parents was unrelated to the Big 5 traits, but was linked with developmental factors – younger age, autonomy supportive family environment, and higher identity development but less intimacy development. Study 2 used a prospective, longitudinal design (n = 932) to show that goal support from parents was significantly associated with better well-being across the school year, as long as the support was delivered in an autonomy supportive fashion (e.g., empathic and encouraging volitional functioning). Goal support from peers was unrelated to well-being. Mediational analyses showed that parental autonomy support indirectly influenced young adults’ subjective well-being over the year by enhancing their progress on personal goals and boosting their sense of personal autonomy in their everyday lives. These studies highlight that the psychological impacts of goal support depend on both the source and type of support that is received

Leaving-Home Patterns in Emerging Adults

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge Seiffge-Krenke
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Developmental Tasks ◽  
Developmental Task ◽  
Leaving Home

In a longitudinal study on 93 participants, the relationships between leaving home, developmental task progression, and the amount of parental support were analyzed over a time span of 11 years. Three different leaving-home patterns emerged: on-time leavers, late leavers/returners, and those still residing with their parents at ages 21 to 25. Aspirations with respect to the attainment of developmental tasks specific to adolescence and emerging adulthood did not differ between individuals with different leaving-home patterns. Perceived developmental task progression during adolescence was influential, but the more recent developmental task progression during emerging adulthood was even more predictive for different leaving-home outcomes. The amounts of fathers’ and mothers’ support during adolescence were found to be important predictors of the timing of leaving home.

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