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Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support
The transition to adulthood in Western societies, termed emerging adulthood (EA), holds new challenges for family relationships across and within generations. Drawing on Self Determination Theory and Bowens’ Family systems theory, this study examines the combined contribution of personal resources a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231807 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912513 |
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author | Ben-Shlomo, Shirley Levin-Keini, Noga Ofir-Barash, Einat |
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description | The transition to adulthood in Western societies, termed emerging adulthood (EA), holds new challenges for family relationships across and within generations. Drawing on Self Determination Theory and Bowens’ Family systems theory, this study examines the combined contribution of personal resources and relationships with parents and friends to satisfaction with life among young Israeli adults. It also examines the possible change in parental support that occurs with increasing age. A convenience sample (n = 572) of young Jewish Israeli adults (18–29 years) completed structured questionnaires. Using regression analysis, we modelled the associations between personal and support variables to life satisfaction as well as the interactions between age and parental support. The findings reveal that young women reported receiving more parental support than young men. Commitment to values and beliefs and greater support from friends make a positive contribution to life satisfaction. High parental support impairs life satisfaction as age increases. The study extends Bowens’ theory to understand the developmental stage of young adulthood and emphasize on the practical level that therapists need to familiarize themselves with the protective variables at this stage of life and the changing role of parental support. |
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spelling | pubmed-95667592022-10-15 Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support Ben-Shlomo, Shirley Levin-Keini, Noga Ofir-Barash, Einat Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The transition to adulthood in Western societies, termed emerging adulthood (EA), holds new challenges for family relationships across and within generations. Drawing on Self Determination Theory and Bowens’ Family systems theory, this study examines the combined contribution of personal resources and relationships with parents and friends to satisfaction with life among young Israeli adults. It also examines the possible change in parental support that occurs with increasing age. A convenience sample (n = 572) of young Jewish Israeli adults (18–29 years) completed structured questionnaires. Using regression analysis, we modelled the associations between personal and support variables to life satisfaction as well as the interactions between age and parental support. The findings reveal that young women reported receiving more parental support than young men. Commitment to values and beliefs and greater support from friends make a positive contribution to life satisfaction. High parental support impairs life satisfaction as age increases. The study extends Bowens’ theory to understand the developmental stage of young adulthood and emphasize on the practical level that therapists need to familiarize themselves with the protective variables at this stage of life and the changing role of parental support. MDPI 2022-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9566759/ /pubmed/36231807 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912513 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ben-Shlomo, Shirley Levin-Keini, Noga Ofir-Barash, Einat Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support |
title | Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support |
title_full | Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support |
title_fullStr | Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support |
title_full_unstemmed | Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support |
title_short | Life Satisfaction in Young Adults—The Moderating Role of Parental Support |
title_sort | life satisfaction in young adults—the moderating role of parental support |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36231807 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912513 |
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