The Role of Depression in Memories of Parental Rejection

1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Parental Rejection

Sexual Identity in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning Emerging Adults: The Role of Parental Rejection, and Sexuality Specific Family Support

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110500
Author(s):  
Ashley B. Taylor ◽  
Tricia K. Neppl
Keyword(s):  
Identity Development ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Sexual Identity Development ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Participant Gender ◽  
Midwestern University

The present study provides critical contributions to the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) emerging adults by examining the role of family and sexuality specific family support, as well as the moderating effect of gender, on sexual identity development. Specifically, the role of mother and father rejection and sexuality specific family support on both affirmed identity and identity struggles of students were assessed. Using a sample of 338 LGBTQ emerging adults at a midwestern University, findings illustrate that for sexual identity development, mother and father parental rejection positively influenced identity struggles while sexuality specific family support positively influenced affirmed identity. Also, moderation by participant gender was not supported. Limitations and future directions are discussed.

scholarly journals Individual and Environmental Correlates of Adolescents’ Moral Decision-Making in Moral Dilemmas

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Bacchini ◽  
Grazia De Angelis ◽  
Mirella Dragone ◽  
Concetta Esposito ◽  
Gaetana Affuso
Keyword(s):  
Community Violence ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Moral Dilemmas ◽  
Community Violence Exposure ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Callous Unemotional Traits ◽  
Moral Decisions

While extensive research has been conducted on adults’ judgments in moral sacrificial dilemmas, there is little research on adolescents. The present study aimed at: (1) adding further empirical evidence about adolescents’ moral decisions (deontological vs. utilitarian) in sacrificial moral dilemmas and (2) investigating how these moral decisions relate with gender, school grade, emotional traits (callous-unemotional traits), context-related experiences (perceived parental rejection and community violence exposure), and moral-related factors (moral disengagement and universalism value). A sample of 755 Italian adolescents (54.7% females; Mean age=16.45, SD=1.61) attending the second and the fifth year of secondary school took part in the study. Two sacrificial trolley-type dilemmas (where harmful actions promote the greater good) were presented. In the “switch” scenario (impersonal sacrificial dilemma), the choice is whether to hit a switch to save five people killing only one person. In the “footbridge” scenario (personal sacrificial dilemma), the choice is whether to push a large man off a footbridge saving five persons. For each scenario, participants had to indicate whether the proposed action was “morally acceptable” or not. Data were analyzed performing generalized linear mixed models. Our results showed that: (1) Adolescents were more likely to indicate as admissible to hit the switch rather than to push the large man; (2) male adolescents, compared to females, were more likely to say it was morally acceptable to intervene in the footbridge dilemma, whereas younger adolescents said it was morally acceptable both in the switch and the footbridge situations; and (3) higher levels of callous-unemotional traits, perceived parental rejection, and moral disengagement, on the one hand, and lower levels of universalism, on the other hand, were associated to higher admissibility to intervene in the footbridge scenario. Higher community violence exposure was associated with a lower propensity to intervene in the switch scenario. Overall, the present study expands the research on sacrificial dilemmas involving a sample of adolescents. The findings support previous studies concerning the role of emotions in making moral decisions but, at the same, open new perspectives regarding the role of contextual experiences and moral-related factors.

Parental rejection and antisocial behavior: the moderating role of testosterone

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Woeckener ◽  
Danielle L. Boisvert ◽  
Eric M. Cooke ◽  
Nicholas Kavish ◽  
Richard H. Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Ols Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose Research reports a positive relationship between parental rejection and antisocial behavior in adolescents and young adults. Studies also report a positive association between testosterone and antisocial behavior. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether testosterone moderates the influence of parental rejection on antisocial behavior in a sample of young adults. Design/methodology/approach The current study analyzed a sample of undergraduate students (N=322) to examine the interaction between testosterone and parental rejection in the prediction of antisocial behavior. Multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) regression was used to explore this association. Findings Results from OLS regression models revealed that parental rejection and testosterone were independently associated with antisocial behavior and that the effect of parental rejection on antisocial behavior was stronger at higher levels of testosterone. Originality/value This current study is the first to examine how testosterone conditions the influence of parental rejection on antisocial behavior in young adults. Findings from the study add to the growing body of literature examining the interplay between biological and environmental factors.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Perceived Parental Rejection and Dating Anxiety: The Mediating Role of Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-85
Author(s):  
Hatice Epli ◽  
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Meryem Vural Batık ◽  
Nurdan Doğru Çabuker ◽  
Seher Balcı Çelik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Distortions ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Dating Anxiety ◽  
The Relationship

Pubertal timing and depressive symptoms in late adolescence: The moderating role of individual, peer, and parental factors

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelie Benoit ◽  
Eric Lacourse ◽  
Michel Claes
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Pubertal Timing ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Deviant Peer Affiliation ◽  
Early Puberty ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Moderating Role

AbstractThis longitudinal study examined personal-accentuation and contextual-amplification models of pubertal timing. In these models, individual and contextual risk factors during childhood and adolescence can magnify the effects of early or late puberty on depression symptoms that occur years later. The moderating role of prepubertal individual factors (emotional problems in late childhood) and interpersonal factors (deviant peer affiliation, early dating, perceived peer popularity, and perceived parental rejection during adolescence) were tested. A representative sample of 1,431 Canadian adolescents between 10–11 and 16–17 years of age was followed biannually. In line with the personal-accentuation model, early puberty has been shown to be a predictor for depression in both girls and boys who presented emotional problems in childhood. This effect was also noted for late maturing boys. Consistent with the contextual-amplification model, early puberty predicted later depression in youth who perceived greater parental rejection. Interpersonal experiences such as early dating in girls and deviant peer affiliation in boys predicted depression in early maturers as well. For girls, early dating was also found to be amplified by childhood emotional problems. In line with biopsychosocial models, results indicate that the effect of pubertal timing on depressive symptoms must be conceptualized through complex interactions between characteristics of adolescents' interpersonal relationships and prepubertal vulnerabilities.

Parental Rejection and Mental Health Problems in College Students: Mediating Role of Interpersonal Difficulties

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 639-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadia Saleem ◽  
Ayesha Asghar ◽  
Sara Subhan ◽  
Zahid Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Interpersonal Difficulties

College students are said to have an increasing trend of mental health problems that lead to various negative academic, personal and social outcomes. The current study aimed to determine the mediating role of interpersonal difficulties between parental rejection and mental health problems of college students. A total of 321 college students selected through purposive sampling aged 15to 20 years provided self-report data on EMBU-A (Gerlsma, Arrindell, Van der Veen, & Emmelkamp, 1991), Urdu version of Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS; Aslam, 2007) and Interpersonal Difficulties Scale (IDS; Saleem, Ihsan, & Mahmood, 2014). Pearson Correlation was used to ensure that parental rejection, mental health problems and interpersonal difficulties are related. Results of path analysis revealed that parental rejection has an indirect effect on mental health through interpersonal difficulties. Implications for counselling services are discussed.

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