Effects of Psychological Maltreatment on Family Psychological Resilience: A Dyadic Longitudinal Model of Parent-Adult Child Relationships.

Abstract

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.