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Troubled Ruminations about Parents: Conceptualization and Validation with Emerging Adults
Author(s) -
Schwartz Seth J.,
Finley Gordon E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00154.x
Subject(s) - conceptualization , psychology , friendship , psychosocial , distress , construct (python library) , life satisfaction , romance , ethnically diverse , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , ethnic group , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , sociology , anthropology , artificial intelligence , computer science , programming language
This study was designed to introduce the construct of troubled ruminations about parents and to develop a brief screening instrument. An ethnically diverse sample of 1,376 university students completed the instrument and other measures of psychosocial functioning. Troubled ruminations about mothers and fathers were related to self‐esteem, life satisfaction, psychological distress, and romantic relationship problems, and less strongly to purpose in life, friendship quality, and friendships satisfaction. Implications for counseling and future research are discussed.