Conferência na Faculdade de Psicologia - Psychological Consequences of Residential Mobility in Emerging Adulthood: The Role of Parental Sensitivity - Cansu Yilmaz
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JOÃO MANUEL Moreira
May 22, 2023, 6:18:12 AM5/22/23
to Psychology Researchers in Lisboa
Caros/as colegas,
Venho por este meio informar de uma conferência que irá ter lugar na Faculdade de Psicologia da Universidade de Lisboa (Sala 7), nesta 4ª feira, 24 de maio, pelas 10h.
A Prof. Cansu Yilmaz (Universidade de Anadolu, Turquia) virá falar-nos sobre o seu programa de investigação acerca da influência que a mobilidade residencial tem sobre o bem-estar dos jovens adultos, e do papel que a qualidade das relações pessoais tem nos mecanismos dessa influência.
Junto aqui o resumo da conferência, bem como links para o anúncio no website da FPUL e para um artigo recente, proveniente do mesmo programa de investigação.
Objective of the study: Prior work has shown that individual history of residential mobility is associated with a variety of behavioral outcomes throughout the lifespan. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying these associations in emerging adulthood. The purpose of this study is to test a multiple moderated mediation model, where adjustment mediates the relationship between residential mobility and psychological well-being, with parental responsiveness moderating the relationship between residential mobility and adjustment. We hypothesized that residential mobility would predict higher psychological well-being through more prosocial and less aggressive behavior only if their parents were sensitive enough in their childhood.
Methodology: A sample of 439 emerging adults (Mage = 21.42, SDage = 2.20) were invited to participate in an online survey study. Participants reported the number of their past moves and rated their parents’ sensitivity in their childhood, their current prosocial and aggressive tendencies, and psychological well-being. Separate sensitivity scores for mother and father; separate scores for sub-dimensions of prosocial tendencies (public, emotional, hidden, dire, altruistic, compliant); a composite score for aggressive behavior and psychological well-being was computed.
Results: We tested our moderated mediation model using the PROCESS Macro for SPSS (Hayes, 2013) Model 7. Results showed that residential mobility predicted higher psychological well-being through increased prosocial behavior when mothers were more sensitive/caring during participants’ childhood. Father sensitivity didn’t play a mediating role in the observed relationship. Although aggressive behavior was negatively associated with father sensitivity and psychological well-being, there was no relationship between aggressive behavior and residential mobility.
Conclusion: Study findings provided support for the positive role of parental sensitivity on frequent movers’ well-being. These findings highlight the importance of parental sensitivity, especially mother sensitivity, for even a stressful life experience such as frequent moves to have positive psychological outcomes.
Methodology: A sample of 439 emerging adults (Mage = 21.42, SDage = 2.20) were invited to participate in an online survey study. Participants reported the number of their past moves and rated their parents’ sensitivity in their childhood, their current prosocial and aggressive tendencies, and psychological well-being. Separate sensitivity scores for mother and father; separate scores for sub-dimensions of prosocial tendencies (public, emotional, hidden, dire, altruistic, compliant); a composite score for aggressive behavior and psychological well-being was computed.
Results: We tested our moderated mediation model using the PROCESS Macro for SPSS (Hayes, 2013) Model 7. Results showed that residential mobility predicted higher psychological well-being through increased prosocial behavior when mothers were more sensitive/caring during participants’ childhood. Father sensitivity didn’t play a mediating role in the observed relationship. Although aggressive behavior was negatively associated with father sensitivity and psychological well-being, there was no relationship between aggressive behavior and residential mobility.
Conclusion: Study findings provided support for the positive role of parental sensitivity on frequent movers’ well-being. These findings highlight the importance of parental sensitivity, especially mother sensitivity, for even a stressful life experience such as frequent moves to have positive psychological outcomes.
Com os melhores cumprimentos,
João Manuel Moreira
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