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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Young Adult Children"”.
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Fathers and young-adult children: factors affecting relationship strength
… on the mother-child dyad or the father-infant or young child relationship. The present study investigated strengths of the father-young adult relationship with respect to the following variables: individuation, intimacy, intimidation, age, marital status, gender and birth order. College students …
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The lived experience of mothering young adults who are still living at home
… to investigate the lived experience of mothering young adult children aged between twenty to thirty years old, and still living in the same house as the mother. Five participants were interviewed and their experience was analysed using the interpretative phenomenological approach. The results …
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Parental goals among Italian-Canadian and Anglo-Canadian families : their connection to socialization practices and the quality of parent-young adult relationship /
… achieve during specific interactions with their children. In the present study, intergenerational parenting practices and goals in Italian-Canadian and Anglo-Canadian families were examined. The association between parenting goals, parents' socialization practices, and the quality of relationship …
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Financing Adulthood: The Risks And Hopes Of Parent Borrowing Through The Parent Loans For Undergraduate Students (plus) Program
Funding children’s college expenses can be a family project, often requiring substantial savings from parents and educational debt from children, but parents also borrow to support their children’s postsecondary ambitions. Despite growing use of debt to finance children’s college expenses, studies …
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The Impact of Shared Musical Identity, Shared Family Identity, and Accommodation on Satisfaction in Parent/Young Adult Relationships
… influence of shared musical identities of young adult children and their parents in relation to communicative and relational aspects of family, in order to determine whether musical tastes of individuals impact family relationships. In this research study, 196 college students reported on …
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Negotiated Forgiveness in Parent-Child Relationships: Investigating Links to Politeness, Wellness and Sickness
… interactions experienced between parents and children. One-hundred-forty-eight young adult-children completed self-report surveys measuring forgiveness communication behaviors used in forgiveness interactions with their parents. All of the strategies evident in previous research were present …
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Negotiated Forgiveness in Parent-Child Relationships: Investigating Links to Politeness, Wellness and Sickness
… interactions experienced between parents and children. One-hundred-forty-eight young adult-children completed self-report surveys measuring forgiveness communication behaviors used in forgiveness interactions with their parents. All of the strategies evident in previous research were present …
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Different Perspectives on the Boomerang: How Adult Daughters and their Parents Experience the Move Back Home
Though the phenomenon of young adults moving in with their parents is not a new one, it is one that has certainly become more common in recent decades. A new life stage of 'emerging adulthood' has become the norm, in which young adults delay marriage and career jobs in order to pursue other goals. …
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An examination of experiential avoidance as a vulnerability factor for posttraumatic stress symptoms and excessive behaviors in parent and young adult child dyads
… power of parent experiential avoidance to young adult child experiential avoidance, posttraumatic stress symptoms, and excessive behaviors. Cross-sectional survey methodology was employed in a university setting, using a sample of parent and young adult child dyads. Significant …
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The attribution and transmission of parent-youth attitudes during the launching stage
… attitude transmission to parents from their children as well as to youths from their parents. The study also considered the direction of misperceived attitudes ( overestimation or underestimation of differences between parents and youths) in examining the concept of "developmental stake" …
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Influences of Current Parent-Child Relationships on Young Adults' Romantic Development
… relationship was examined for how it relates to young adults' romantic development, as measured by indicators of attachment relationship importance and romantic involvement. Attachment and social support theories suggest that parents continue to play an important role as their young adult …
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Anxiety-related cognitions in close relationships
… processing biases, and there is evidence that children, as well as adults exhibit these biases. However, to date, little is known about the origins of these biases. This thesis aims to explore whether interpretation bias and fear beliefs might be acquired from significant others in close …
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The effects of parental divorce on adult children's expectations of their own future families
… literature addresses the effects of divorce on children. Only a small part of this literature, however, addresses the effects of divorce on young adult children. This smaller body of literature addresses the emotional effects of divorce, the way adult children of divorce perceive their families …
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Leaving Home Sooner or Later: Co-residence and Parent-Adult Child Relations in Italy and Sweden
… process have consequences for later parent-adult child relationships in Italy and Sweden. Three aspects of intergenerational linkages are analyzed: residential proximity, the frequency of parent-child contact, and the downward flow of economic resources from parents to their adult children. …
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The role of information and communication technologies in managing transition and sustaining women's health during their midlife years
… of their aging parents and/or their own children. Despite such constraints, this research provides strong evidence to suggest that midlife women are as adept at strategically appropriating multiple communication technologies to satisfy their own needs, as are many younger people. This is …
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The Influence of Black African American Fathers’ Parenting Styles on Young Adult Children’s Attachment Styles: the Roles of Gender and Fathers’ Residence
… BAA fathers’ parenting styles influence their children’s attachment—particularly as a function of fathers’ co-residency histories. This gap in the literature underscores the need for culturally specific research that examines the nuanced dynamics of BAA father–child relationships and critically …