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Reported Affect Mediates the Relationship Between Parent-Child Boundary Dissolution and Emerging Adult Functioning Across Cultures

Lin, Kathy Lee
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2511-1124
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1491336234979553

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2017, Master of Arts, Miami University, Psychology.
Parent-child boundary dissolution (PBD) or the confusion of interpersonal roles between parents and children is typically thought to negatively impact child well-being in Western cultures, although cross-cultural research has produced mixed findings. This study examined emerging adults' retrospective reports of mothers' engagement in four PBD dimensions (psychological control, infantilization, enmeshment, role reversal), reported affect, and current adjustment. College students in the United States (n = 119), India (n = 104), and South Korea (n = 101) completed self-report measures of PBD, college adjustment problems, and life satisfaction. Indians rated mothers as higher on all four PBD dimensions and reported feeling more positive in response to three dimensions than Americans and South Koreans. Moderated mediation analyses revealed that for South Koreans and Americans but not Indians, reports of maternal psychological control and infantilization were indirectly negatively related to life satisfaction through their own reported affect. For Indians and Americans, maternal enmeshment was indirectly negatively related to college adjustment problems and positively related to life satisfaction through their own reported affect. For South Koreans, maternal role reversal was indirectly negatively related to life satisfaction through their own reported affect. Findings highlight the role of youth affect in understanding the PBD-youth outcomes link.
Vaishali Raval, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Elizabeth Kiel, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
April Smith, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
61 p.
Clinical Psychology; Psychology
parenting, cross-cultural, parent-child relationships, youth appraisals, emerging adults, reported affect, psychological control, infantilization, enmeshment, role reversal

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  • Lin, K. L. (2017). Reported Affect Mediates the Relationship Between Parent-Child Boundary Dissolution and Emerging Adult Functioning Across Cultures [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1491336234979553

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lin, Kathy. Reported Affect Mediates the Relationship Between Parent-Child Boundary Dissolution and Emerging Adult Functioning Across Cultures. 2017. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1491336234979553.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lin, Kathy. "Reported Affect Mediates the Relationship Between Parent-Child Boundary Dissolution and Emerging Adult Functioning Across Cultures." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1491336234979553

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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