PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AMONG FEMALE EMERGING ADULTS AS A FUNCTION OF PARENTAL AUTONOMY SUPPORT

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 93 - 110, 30.06.2023

Ryan Macey Wise Aylin Erbahar Ilayda Akınkoç

Abstract

The current study examined female emerging adult well-being as a function of parental autonomy support in Turkey. The conceptualization of well-being included measures of vitality, stress, depression, and anxiety, while autonomy support was measured for both mothers and fathers. A nonrandom convenience sampling method was used and generated a sample of 140 participants. Analyses included multiple regression and t-tests. Significance was set at p = .05, and corresponding effect sizes were reported. Results of quantitative analyses indicated that parental autonomy support predicted well-being across all components. Father autonomy support exhibited a negative relationship with outcome measures, with mother autonomy support relating positively. The findings of the current study are contextualized within Turkish family culture, and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Keywords

Parental autonomy support, emerging adulthood, well-being

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