Effects of peer relationships on parent–youth relationships and self-differentiation

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 14 - 22, 01.09.2018

Juan Cao Qın An

https://doi.org/10.17220/ijpes.2018.03.002

Abstract

We aimed to explore how romantic relationship status affects the moderating effect of peer relationships on associations between parent–youth relationships and Self-differentiation. Chinese college students N=389 completed measures to assess the Self-differentiation, parent–youth relationships, peer relationships, and romantic relationships. Results revealed that the interaction effect between peer discord and father–youth discord was not significant for romantically involved participants γ=0.22, SE=0.02, p=0.13 , while the interaction effect between peer discord and father–youth discord was significant for single participants γ=0.20, SE=0.01, p

Keywords

self-differentiation, parent-young relationships, peer relationships, romantic relationships, moderating effect

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