Family relationships, quality of life and social competence in Colombian adolescents and young adults
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The main purpose of this study was to assess the infl uence of family relationships on two central aspects of individual functioning: social competence and quality of life in a sample of 103 Colombian adolescents and young adults. Results revealed different signifi cant associations for men and women between the study variables (relationships with parents and sibling, quality of life and social competence). Results are discussed based on the literature on differential effects of family relationships on adolescents’ and young adults’ psychological and social well-being.
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Family relationships, social competence and quality of life
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Cassidy, K., Fineberg, D., Brown, K. & Perkins, A. (2005). Theory of Mind May Be Contagious, but You Don’t Catch It From Your Twin. Child Development, 76 (1), 97-106.
Cheng, H. & Furnham, A. (2004). Perceived parental rearing style, self-esteem and self-criticism as predictors of happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies, 5, 1-21.
Chyung, Y. & Lee, J. (2008). Intimate partner acceptance, remembered parental acceptance in childhood, and psychological adjustment among Korean college students in ongoing intimate relationships. Cross-Cultural Research, 42, 77-86.
Cutting, A. & Dunn, J. (2006). Conversations with siblings and with friends: Links between relationship quality and social understanding. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24, 73-87.
Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Lucas, R. E. & Smith, H. L. (1999). Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 276-302.
Diwan, R. (2000). Relational wealth and the quality of life. Journal of Socio-Economics, 29, 305-340.
Dunn, J. (2000).State of the art: Siblings. The Psychologist, 13, 244-248.
Edwards, L & López, S. (2006). Preceived family support, acculturation, and life satisfaction in Mexican American youth: A mixed methods exploration. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53, 279-287.
Furnham, A. & Cheng, H. (2000). Perceived parental behavior, self-esteem and happiness. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 25, 463-470.
Gringeri, A. & Von Mackensen, S. (2008). Quality of life in heamophilia. Haemophilia, 14, 19-25.
Kenny, M. E. & Rice, K. G. (1995). Attachment to parents and adjustment in late adolescent college students: Current status, applications, and future considerations. The Counseling Psychologist, 23, 433-456.
Ladd, G. (2005). Children’s peer relations and social competence: A century of progress. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Lamarche, V., Brendgen M., Vitaro, F., Pérusse, D. & Dionne, G. (2006). Do friendship and sibling relationships provide protection against peer victimization in a similar way? Social Development, 15, 373-393.
Laursen, B. & Mooney, K. S. (2008). Relationship network quality: Adolescent adjustment and perceptions of relationships with parents and friends. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78, 47-53.
Lockwood, R., Kitzmann, K. & Cohen, R. (2001). The impact of sibling warmth and conflict on children’s social competence with peers. Child Study Journal, 31, 47-70.
McCoy, K., Brody, G. & Stoneman, Z. (2002). Temperament and the quality of best friendships: effect of same-sex sibling relationships. Family Relations, 51, 248-255.
Moss, E., St. Laurent, D., Dunois-Comtois, K. & Cyr, Ch. (2005).
Quality of attachment at school age: Relations between child attachment behavior, psychosocial functioning, and school performance. En K. Kerns & R. Richardson (Eds.), Attachment in middle school (pp. 189-211). New York: The Guilford Press.
Musitu, G. & Cava, M. J. (2002). El rol del apoyo social en el ajuste de los adolescentes. Intervención Psicosocial, 12, 179-192.
Noller, P. (2005). Sibling relationships in adolescence: learning and growing together. Personal relationships, 12, 1-22.
Olivia, A. & Arranz, E. (2005). Sibling relationships during adolescence. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2, 253-270.
Orbuch, T. L., Parry, C., Chesler, M, Fritz, J. & Repetto, P. (2005). Parent-child relationships and quality of life: resilence among childhood cancer survivors. Family Relations, 54, 171-183.
Parke, R. (2004). Development in the Family. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 365-399.
Parmar, P. & Rohner, R. P. (2005). Relations among perceived intimate partner acceptance, remembered parental acceptance, and psychological adjustment among young adults in India. Ethos, 33, 402-413.
Power, M., Bullinger, M., Harper, A. & The World Health Organization Quality of Life Group. (1999). The world health organization WHOQOL-100: tests of the universality of quality of life in 15 different cultural groups worldwide. Health Psychology, 18, 495-505.
Power, M. J. (2003). Quality of life. En S. J. López & C. R. Snyder (Eds.), Positive Psychological Assessment: A Handbook of Models and Measure (pp. 427-441). Washington: APA.
Rice, K. & Cummins, P. N. (1996). Late adolescence and parent perceptions of attachment: An exploratory study of personal and social well-being. Journal of Counseling and Development, 75, 50-57.
Ripoll-Núñez, K. & Alvarez, C. (2008). Perceived intimate partner acceptance, remembered parental acceptance and psychological adjustment among Colombian and Puerto Rican youths and adults. Cross-Cultural Research, 42, 23-34.
Ripoll, K., Carrillo, S. & Castro, J. (2009). Relación entre hermanos y ajuste psicológico: Los efectos de la calidad de la relación padres-hijos. Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana, 27 (1), 122-139.
Rohner, R. P. (1998). Father love and child development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 7, 157-161.
Rohner, R. P. (2005). Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ): Test Manual. En R. P. Rohner & A. Khaleque (Eds.), Handbook for the study of parental acceptance and rejections, 4th Edition (pp. 43-106). Storrs, CT: Rohner Research Publications.
Sánchez-Queija, I. & Oliva, A. (2003). Vínculos de apego con los padres y relaciones con los iguales durante la adolescencia. Revista de Psicología Social, 18 (1), 71-86.
Skevington, S. M. (2002). Advancing cross-cultural research on quality of life: observations drawn from the WHOQOL development. Quality of Life Research, 11, 135-144.
Thrinke, S. J. & Bartholomew, K. (1997). Hierarchies of attachment relationships in young adulthood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 77-91.
WHOQOL Group. (1998). The world health organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL): development and general psychometric properties. Social Science and Medicine, 46, 1569-1585.
Zimmermann, J. J., Eisemann, M. R. & Fleck, M. P. (2008). Is parental rearing an associated factor of quality of life in adulthood? Quality of Life Research, 17, 249-255.
Vera, E., Thakral, Ch., González, R., Morgan, M., Conner, W., Caskey, E., Bauer, A., Mattera, L., Clark, S., Bena, K. & Dick, L. (2008). Subjective well-being in urban adolescents of color. Cultural diversity and ethnic minority psychology, 14, 224-233.