Perceived quality of parent-child relationships and attitudes toward filial duty contracts among young adult children

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-183
Author(s):  
Jehee Kim ◽  
Gyesook Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Perceived Quality ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

An Examination of the Developmental Impact of Continuing Destructive Parental Conflict on Young Adult Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Fozard ◽  
Peter Gubi
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Role Reversal ◽  
Parental Conflict ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

This research investigates the impact of destructive parental conflict in continuously married parents, on young adult children. Four trainee or practicing counselors, who had personal experience of growing up in families in which there was continuing destructive parental conflict, were interviewed. The data were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The findings resulted in four superordinate themes: feelings of loss, impact to family structure, trauma associated with the conflict, and impacts to personal and professional development, within which were 12 subordinate themes. Short-term impacts focused on mental health and self-esteem, and loss of security at home. Long-term impacts focused on future relationships, defensiveness, parent–child role-reversal, impacts to career, trauma, and parent–child relationships. The results demonstrate the necessity for support to be made available to children who are exposed to destructive parental conflict in parents who remain married, as well as to the adult children of continuing destructive parental conflict.

scholarly journals Parent-Child Dyadic Coping and Quality of Life in Chronically Diseased Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merel M. Nap-van der Vlist ◽  
Reine C. van der Wal ◽  
Eva Grosfeld ◽  
Elise M. van de Putte ◽  
Geertje W. Dalmeijer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Communication Problem ◽  
Partner Relationships ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Parent Child

Different forms of dyadic coping are associated with positive outcomes in partner relationships, yet little is known about dyadic coping in parent-child relationships. The current research explored the association between parent-child dyadic coping and children’s quality of life in 12–18-year old children with a chronic disease (i.e., cystic fibrosis, autoimmune diseases, and children post-cancer treatment). In a sample of 105 parent-child dyads, self-reported forms of dyadic coping (i.e., stress communication, problem-oriented, emotion-oriented, and negative dyadic coping) and children’s quality of life were assessed. Children reported more stress communication and negative dyadic coping than their parents, while parents reported more problem-oriented dyadic coping and emotion-oriented dyadic coping than their children. More stress communication of the child was associated with more emotion-oriented dyadic coping and less negative dyadic coping of the parent. More negative dyadic coping of the child was associated with less stress communication, problem-oriented dyadic coping and emotion-oriented dyadic coping of the parent. Additionally, both children’s and parents’ negative dyadic coping were associated with lower self-reported pediatric quality of life and parents’ emotion-oriented dyadic coping was associated with higher pediatric quality of life. These findings emphasize that children and their parents mutually influence each other and that dyadic coping is associated with children’s quality of life. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

You are my favourite! Parent–child relationships and satisfaction in later life in Italy

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Cecilia Tomassini ◽  
Elisa Cisotto ◽  
Giulia Cavrini
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Structural Characteristics ◽  
Intergenerational Transfers ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Frequency Of Contact ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Indicators ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

Abstract Intergenerational transfers measured in several currencies (e.g. co-residence, contact, proximity and support) have been always considered important indicators for family solidarity. Most of the studies on intergenerational transfers examine the structural characteristics of such exchanges (as distance, frequency, type, motives), emphasising the potential positive association between the structure and the quality of parent–child relationships. Additionally, while most surveys include questions on the structural indicators of family exchanges, it is still uncommon for them to contain assessments of the relationships between parents and their adult children as well. Using the Italian 2009 Family Survey, this study analyses the satisfaction of parent–child relationships for parents aged 65 and older. After examining the association of such a variable with the structural indicators of intergenerational exchanges (frequency of contact), we explored the individual factors associated with satisfaction of relationships with a child using multilevel multinomial models. Overall, older Italian parents report high satisfaction in their relationships with their adult children. Additionally, a not strong, but statistically significant association between structure (contact) and satisfaction was found. This study shows how high satisfaction of relationships with children is positively associated with being a mother and being married and negatively associated with bad health status. Some of the variables considered have different impacts between the sexes of parents. Additionally, a better appreciation of relationships with daughters compared to sons was found, especially for fathers.

Families as niches during communism in East Germany: Consequences for parent–child relationships during times of change

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 412-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaf Reis
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Ecological Niche ◽  
Narrative Interviews ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The Family ◽  
East German ◽  
Communist Government ◽  
Log Linear ◽  
Parent Child Relationships ◽  
Parent Child

This study brings together two main theoretical traditions in order to better understand how parent–child relationships are influenced by the societal conditions around the family. The concept of the ecological niche has been used to describe the way in which East German families dealt with government institutions during communism, while we used the concept of individuation to describe relationships between parents and their children. Using a model predicting individuation within a family we demonstrate that the type of niche predicts individuation even after intrafamilial variables, such as the level of parent–child conflict, agency and time of the interaction have been controlled for. By employing hierarchical log-linear techniques to analyze narrative interviews of parents and their adult children from 34 families, we found that families who were more balanced in their interactions with communist government institutions were also more balanced in their parent–child individuations.

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