Feeling Caught between Parents: Adult Children's Relations with Parents and Subjective Well-Being.

By Paul R. Amato, Tamara D. Afifi. 2006

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Subfields: Demography, Sociology and Political Science

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Communication Processes that Predict Young Adults’ Feelings of Being Caught and their Associations with Mental Health and Family Satisfaction (2007, background): “Finally, some scholars (e.g., Amato & Afifi, 2006; Buchanan & Waizenhofer, 2001) have speculated that children who are close with both parents may be more likely to experience loyalty conflicts because of the desire to please and maintain connections with both parents, yet empirical research on…”
Inappropriate Parental Divorce Disclosures, the Factors that Prompt them, and their Impact on Parents’ and Adolescents’ Well-Being (2007, background): “…is negatively valenced, hurtful toward the other parent, too sensitive for the child’s age, or that places the child in an uncomfortable position as a mediator, counselor, or friend (Afifi, Coho, & McManus, 2007; Amato & Afifi, 2006; Koerner, Jacobs, & Raymond, 2000; Koerner et al., 2002, 2004).”
The Contribution of Social Relationships to Children’s Happiness (2009, background): “Additionally, children, whose parents’ relationships are characterized by high conflict, may feel caught between parents and this may result in a decrease in subjective well-being even if the parents do not divorce (Amato and Afifi 2006).”
Avoidance among adolescents in conversations about their parents’ relationship: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management (2009, background): “The central construct that these scholars have used to account for the likelihood of avoidance on that issue is the child’s sense of feeling caught between his or her parents (T. Afifi & Schrodt, 2003a; Amato & Afifi, 2006).”