scholarly journals The Role of Attachment in Language Brokering and Psychological Well-being among College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 156-175
Author(s):  
Robert S. Weisskirch ◽  
Shu-Sha Angie Guan ◽  
Vanja Lazarevic
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Language Brokering ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Language Brokers

Emerging adult (EA), college students from immigrant families continue engaging in language brokering (LB), translating documents and other media for their parents, in ways that can affect their well-being. For these language brokers, the relationship between parental attachment and psychological well-being may be through frequency and perceptions of their LB work. In this study, 459 language brokers ( Mage = 21.36, Female = 80%) completed an online questionnaire about frequency and perceptions of LB, attachment, and psychological well-being. Attachment anxiety and avoidance had negative indirect effects on anxiety and somatic symptoms through feelings of LB burden. Attachment anxiety had a negative indirect effect on somatic symptoms through LB intrusiveness. There were negative indirect effects of LB burden on attachment avoidance to anxiety and somatic symptoms. There was a negative indirect effect of LB intrusiveness on attachment avoidance to somatic symptoms. Findings indicate that perceptions of LB may relate to psychological well-being when attachment is insecure.

How language brokering relates to empathy and psychological well-being

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110204
Author(s):  
Robert S. Weisskirch ◽  
Shu-Sha Angie Guan ◽  
Vanja Lazarevic
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Role Reversal ◽  
Language Brokering ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Language Brokers ◽  
Indirect Association ◽  
Being There ◽  
Over Time

Language brokering often brings children in close, intimate interactions with parents, which, over time, may help them understand their parents and others in the form of empathy. Specifically, frequency and feelings about language brokering may relate to greater empathy. In addition, language brokering may have an indirect effect on psychological well-being via empathy. For this study, 459 language brokers ( M age = 21.36, Female = 80%) completed an online questionnaire about frequency and feelings about language brokering, empathy, and psychological well-being. There were direct effects of language brokering burden, language brokering role reversal, and language brokering efficacy, but not frequency of language brokering, on empathy. We found an indirect association of language brokering burden and language brokering efficacy, to depressive symptoms through empathy. Findings indicate that empathy may play a role in how language brokering relates to psychological well-being.

scholarly journals Approach and avoidance motives for touch are predicted by attachment and predict daily relationship well-being

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 256-278
Author(s):  
Brittany K. Jakubiak ◽  
Anik Debrot ◽  
James Kim ◽  
Emily A. Impett
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
The Other ◽  
General Study ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
Approach And Avoidance ◽  
Future Work

Research suggests that touch promotes relationship well-being but has failed to consider motives for touch. We assessed general (Study 1) and daily (Study 2) approach and avoidance motives for touch and tested their precursors and consequences. Controlling for relationship quality and the other motive, greater attachment avoidance predicted lower approach and greater avoidance motives for touch in general but did not predict motives in daily life. Greater attachment anxiety simultaneously predicted greater approach and avoidance motives for touch in both studies suggesting anxiously attached people have ambivalent motives for touch. Critically, one’s own and one’s partner’s approach motives for touch predicted greater daily relationship well-being, whereas own and partner avoidance motives predicted poorer daily relationship well-being. We observed indirect effects linking attachment insecurity to relationship well-being through daily motives for touch. These results underscore the importance of attending to touch motives in future work, including future intervention work.

Partner Violence and Psychological Well-Being: Buffer or Indirect Effect of Social Support

2010 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 383-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicenta Escribà-Agüir ◽  
Isabel Ruiz-Pérez ◽  
María Isabel Montero-Piñar ◽  
Carmen Vives-Cases ◽  
Juncal Plazaola-Castaño ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being

scholarly journals Psychological Well-Being in Chinese College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Roles of Resilience and Environmental Stress

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanfa Tan ◽  
Chienchung Huang ◽  
Yun Geng ◽  
Shannon P. Cheung ◽  
Shuyan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Environmental Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Chinese College Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Using Data

Psychological well-being is an important indicator of well-being and has been found to be associated with a multitude of positive life outcomes. Using data collected from 1,871 Chinese college students from September 23 to October 5, 2020, this study examined students' psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic and investigated how resilience and pandemic-related environmental stress may affect psychological well-being. Results showed that resilience had strong positive effects on psychological well-being during the pandemic. Meanwhile, environmental stress had a moderate effect and marginally reduced psychological well-being. The magnitudes of the estimates suggested that increasing resilience can effectively buffer the negative effect of environmental stress on psychological well-being.

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