The quality of parent-child contact is key to understanding the process of family resilience development, given the influence of adverse experiences on family dynamics. The resilience of family members can be significantly impacted by psychological maltreatment, which has an impact on the victim's own mental health. Therefore, the current study looked at the association between adult children (children) and one of their parents' psychological maltreatment and family resilience, both in an interpersonal setting and across time. To achieve this, the Longitudinal Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (L-APIM) and a dyadic longitudinal approach were used to evaluate the relationships. 252 matched adult child-parent dyads (N = 504) make up the study's final data set. Psychological maltreatment had a negative and significant impact on family resilience in both adult children and parents, according to the analysis's findings, which fell under the actor effects framework. The psychological maltreatment levels of adult children and one of their parents were found to have a significant and unfavorable impact on each other's family resilience at the partner effects level. These results would suggest that psychological maltreatment is a risk factor that endures over time and is passed on within the family. It also shows that relational and individual dynamics are impacted by family resilience.
E. Pekdoğan, Yusuf Akyıl, Aykut Günlü et al.· The Journal of general psych...· 0 citations
Anticipatory trauma involves extreme anxiety, mental preoccupation, bodily tension and emotional distress experienced before a potential traumatic event. Individuals may suffer from stress, worry, preparedness behaviours and impairments in social and personal functioning due to the expectation that they or their loved ones may face a significant risk, accident, attack, disaster or similar traumatic experience in the future. This study aims to develop a reliable and valid Anticipatory Trauma Scale (ATS) and examine its role within a serial mediation model among adults. The study was conducted in three stages. In Study 1 (N = 463), confirmatory factor analysis was used to validate the 10-item ATS. Reliability analyses showed that the scale had high internal consistency, while item response analysis indicated the discriminatory power of the items. In Study 2 (N = 491), correlation analysis indicated that the ATS was significantly associated with life satisfaction, the Big Five personality traits, stress, anxiety, depression and trauma coping self-efficacy. In Study 3 (N = 569), structural equation modelling demonstrated that social support and resilience serially mediated the relationship between ATS and mental well-being. Findings suggest that interventions should focus on building resilient social networks and effective coping mechanisms to support the mental health of individuals experiencing trauma and anxiety.
Yusuf Akyıl, Suleyman Akcil, Azmi Çağlar et al.· Clinical Psychology and Psyc...· 0 citations
