A cross-sectional survey of the effect on emerging adults living with a XXXX parent.

@entity1 @entity308
ACCESSIBLE SUMMARY: Emerging adults, or those between ages 18 and 25, are at increased risk for mental health problems as they transition into adult roles and relationships. These risks are magnified when a parent has suffered with @entity308 during that emerging adult's upbringing. Studies examining @entity1 of @entity308 parents tend to focus on samples under the age of 18 when @entity1 have yet to develop abstract thinking (e.g. improved reasoning skills, greater understanding of life experiences) and have had less time to reflect on their own experience. It has been difficult to decipher the most important elements experienced by these @entity1 and the impact on emerging adult outcomes and most studies lack theory guiding the work. Some evidence suggests that they encounter a form of loss. This study is unique in that the retrospective experience of emerging adults who grew up with a @entity308 parent was examined using variables based on propositions from Ambiguous Loss Theory and the impact on current psychosocial well-being. ABSTRACT: A parent who is @entity308 is physically present, but may be psychologically absent, or different to their @entity1 . Changes in the parent- @entity1 relationship, feelings of loss, and increased stress can occur for the @entity1 . These factors can impair psychosocial well-being throughout the @entity1 's upbringing, and the effects might impact that @entity1 the most in their transition to adulthood. The aim of this exploratory study was to examine factors experienced while growing up with a @entity308 parent that might contribute to the current psychosocial well-being of emerging adults (individuals between the ages of 18 and 25) using ambiguous loss theory as a theoretical lens. A cross-sectional, correlational design with multiple regression analysis was used to examine relationships between emerging adults' (n = 120) perceptions of retrospective duration and understanding of parent's @entity308 , caregiving, stress, social support, hope, and boundary ambiguity and current psychosocial well-being. Experiencing hope, stress, and then the length of parent's @entity308 during their upbringing were the most predictive variables for emerging adult psychosocial well-being. Findings from this study will help mental health professionals better understand factors contributing to outcomes for this population. The knowledge to be gained is important for developing or refining age and developmentally appropriate interventions aimed at improving outcomes of adult @entity1 of @entity308 parents.
