Psychological maladjustment mediates the relation between remembrances of parental rejection in childhood and adults’ fear of intimacy
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Article Title | Psychological maladjustment mediates the relation between remembrances of parental rejection in childhood and adults’ fear of intimacy |
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ERA Journal ID | 6129 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Rohner, R. P. (Author), Filus, A. (Author), Melendez-Rhodes, T. (Author), Kuyumcu, B. (Author), Machado, F. (Author), Roszak, J. (Author), Hussain, S. (Author), Chyung, Y.-J. (Author), Senese, V. P. (Author), Daneshmandi, S. (Author), Ashdown, B. K. (Author), Giovazolias, T. (Author), Glavak-Tkalic, R. (Author), Chen, S. (Author), Uddin, M. K. (Author), Harris, S. (Author), Gregory, N. (Author), Favero, M. (Author), Zahra, S. (Author), Lee, J. (Author), Miranda, M. C. (Author), Izadikhah, Z. (Author), Brown, C. M. (Author), Giotsa, A. (Author), Vulic-Prtoric, A. (Author), Li, X. (Author), Khaleque, A. (Author), Karadeniz, G. (Author), Machado, M. (Author), Gul, S. (Author), Bacchini, D. (Author), Faherty, A. N. (Author), Zoroja, A. (Author), Aktar, R. (Author), Perrella, R. (Author), Camden, A. A.. (Author), Hossain, M. A. (Author) and Roy, K. (Author) |
Journal Title | Cross-Cultural Research: the journal of comparative social science |
Journal Citation | 53 (5), pp. 508-542 |
Number of Pages | 35 |
Year | 2019 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1069-3971 |
1552-3578 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397118822992 |
Abstract | This study assesses interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory’s (IPARTheory’s) prediction that adults’ (both men’s and women’s) remembrances of parental (both maternal and paternal) rejection in childhood are likely to be associated with adults’ fear of intimacy, as mediated by adults’ psychological maladjustment and relationship anxiety. The study also assesses the prediction that these associations will not vary significantly by gender, ethnicity, language, culture, or other such defining conditions. To test these predictions a sample of 3,483 young adults in 13 nations responded to the mother and father versions of the Adult Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (short forms), Adult Personality Assessment Questionnaire (short form), the Interpersonal Relationship Anxiety Questionnaire, the Fear of Intimacy Scale, and the Revised Personal Information Form. Results of multigroup analyses showed that adults’ remembrances of both maternal and paternal rejection in childhood independently predicted men’s and women’s fear of intimacy in all 13 countries. However, remembered maternal rejection was a significantly stronger predictor of adults’ fear of intimacy than was remembered paternal rejection. Results also confirmed the prediction in all 13 countries and across both genders that both maternal and paternal rejection independently predicted adults’ psychological maladjustment and relationship anxiety, which in turn predicted fear of intimacy. In addition, psychological maladjustment partially mediated the relation between remembrances of maternal and paternal rejection, and adults’ fear of intimacy in all 13 countries and both genders. |
Keywords | parental rejection, fear of intimacy, psychological maladjustment, interpersonal anxiety, interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory (IPARTheory), gender |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520599. Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified |
520199. Applied and developmental psychology not elsewhere classified | |
520399. Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified | |
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Byline Affiliations | University of Connecticut, United States |
University of Southern California, United States | |
Central Connecticut State University, United States | |
Gazi University, Turkiye | |
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland | |
Karakoram International University, Pakistan | |
Incheon National University, Korea | |
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy | |
University of Shiraz, Iran | |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, United States | |
University of Crete, Greece | |
Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Croatia | |
New York University, United States | |
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
University of Southern Queensland | |
Final International University, Cyprus | |
University Institute of Maia, Portugal | |
Chung-Ang University, Korea | |
School of Psychology and Counselling | |
Independent Scholar, United States | |
University of Ioannina, Greece | |
University of Zadar, Croatia | |
Maltepe University, Turkiye | |
Clark University, United States | |
University of Zagreb, Croatia | |
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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