Quality of Attachment Relationship in Young Adults with Stressful Life Events: What Role Do Parents Play in Psychological Well-Being During and After COVID-19?
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2023-02-01
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Parents play an important role in buffering stressful life events in children, but little is known about how parent-child relationships contribute to managing stressful life events in the lives of young adults. In this study the association between quality of attachment relationships and psychological well-being during and after COVID-19 in young adults with stressful life events is investigated. Young adults (N = 98) at the age of 22 who were part of the Nijmeegse Longitudinal Study filled out three questionnaires. To measure the quality of relationships with the parents the Network of Relationship Inventory (NRI) was used, to measure stressful life events the ‘Vragenlijst Meegemaakte Gebeurtenissen’ (VMG) was used, and the SCL-90 was used to measure psychological well-being. The findings of the present study demonstrate that there is an association between psychological well-being and stressful life events during lockdown, and to a lesser extent after the lockdown. There is also an association between positive features of the quality of attachment relationships and psychological well-being of young adults during lockdown and to a lesser extent after the lockdown. A moderating effect of negative features of the quality of relationship with father on the relationship between stressful life events and psychological well-being is found. These findings contribute to increasing insight in psychological well-being in young adults who have experienced stressful life events during and after COVID-19, as well as increasing insight in the role of parent-child relationship in emerging adults.
Keywords: COVID-19, stressful life events, psychological well-being, parent-child relationship, young adults
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen