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Feeling caught as a mediator of co-parental communication and young adult children's mental health and relational satisfaction with parents

Bibliographic Data

ID2920060
AuthorsP Schrodt (0000-0003-0311-1817, Texas Christian University, corresponding author), Jenna R Shimkowski (University of Denver)
Year2013
Volume30
Issue8
Pages977-999
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407513479213
OpenAlexW2115230395
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited53

This study tested young adults' feelings of being caught between their parents as mediators of co-parental communication (i.e., supportive and antagonistic communication) and young adults' mental health and relational satisfaction with parents. Participants included 493 young adult children from intact and divorced families. For participants from intact families, feeling caught mediated indirect effects for both supportive and antagonistic co-parental communication on satisfaction with mothers and mental health symptoms, though direct effects for supportive co-parental communication on all three outcomes remained. For participants from divorced families, however, feeling caught emerged as a mediator only of antagonistic co-parental communication and mental health symptoms. Collectively, the results suggest that feeling caught may function as a mechanism linking co-parental communication to children's adjustment

Developmental psychology · Feeling · Mental health · Psychiatry · Young adult · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Family Support in Illness · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works19
Citations per year1,46
Citation span2013 - 2026 (14)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 19

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