Distress in Emerging Adults

Further Evaluation of the Painful Feelings About Divorce Scale

Bibliographic Data

ID19464639
AuthorsCaroline E Shanholtz (0000-0002-0937-2340, University of Arizona, corresponding author), Sacha Devine Brown (University of Arizona), Ryan D Davidson (University of Arizona), Connie J A Beck (0000-0001-6703-3534, University of Arizona), Connie J Beck
Year2019
Volume60
Issue2
Pages141-151
Publication date2019-02-17
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Divorce & Remarriage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1050-2556 • E-ISSN: 1540-4811
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10502556.2018.1488115
OpenAlexW2810012862
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited24

Young adults from divorced families experience clear emotional distress despite most not meeting diagnostic criteria for emotional disorders. Laumann-Billings and Emery (2000) developed the Painful Feelings About Divorce (PFAD) scale to assess the emotional distress emerging adults feel regarding childhood parental divorce. The study sample is undergraduates predominately between the ages of 18 and 22. This study adds to the literature by (a) further demonstrating the PFAD scale reliability and validity, (b) including participants with both divorced and separated but never married parents, and (c) assessing generalizability of the PFAD with a more diverse socioeconomic sample

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Distress · Emotional distress · Feeling · Generalizability theory · Population · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Family Support in Illness · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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