Year: 2010
Type: review
Abstract: This study examined middle-aged individuals' reports of parents' behaviors commonly attributed to stubbornness.Middle-aged adults (N = 192) completed a 7-day diary reporting their mood and how often they felt their parents (N = 254) engaged in behaviors often described as 'stubbornness' (insistent or risky).Thirty-one percent of middle-aged children reported insistent behaviors and 17% reported risky behaviors by their parent(s).Daily reports of parent behaviors attributed to stubbornness were positively associated with parent-child relationship quality, parent functional limitations, and child neuroticism.Reports of perceived parent insistent behaviors were also associated with greater daily negative mood among adult children.Findings highlight the impact of adult children's daily perceptions of parent behaviors commonly attributed to stubbornness on the individual and relationship.
Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: National Institute on Aging
OpenAlex ID: W2139201242