Ghosting, or ignoring someone to end a relationship, is often considered a harmful aspect of growing digital connectivity. However, research on ghosting has focused on the experiences of European/European Americans in romantic contexts. Thus, we broadly explored experiences of being ghosted among 29 undergraduates primarily from underrepresented populations (75.9% Latinx, 6.9% Asian, 6.9% Black) in the United States. We conducted face‐to‐face semi‐structured interviews regarding general experiences with being ghosted, a memorable experience of being ghosted, and attitudes toward ghosting. Inductive thematic analysis yielded eight themes surrounding the process of being ghosted (Sensing Shifts in Communication Patterns), ghosting attributions (Unreciprocated Feelings, Incompatibility), responses to ghosting (Stages of Grief, Various Coping Methods, Lost Respect for Ghoster, Insight from Experiencing Both Sides), and ghosting attitudes (Good Reasons). Future research might examine the role of both individual (e.g., cultural values) and situational (e.g., ghosting circumstance) factors in various trajectories of ghosting responses, as well as the psychological consequences of these trajectories.
{"title":"Ignorance is not always bliss: A qualitative study of young Adults' experiences with being ghosted","authors":"Karen Wu, Olajide Bamishigbin","doi":"10.1111/pere.12547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12547","url":null,"abstract":"Ghosting, or ignoring someone to end a relationship, is often considered a harmful aspect of growing digital connectivity. However, research on ghosting has focused on the experiences of European/European Americans in romantic contexts. Thus, we broadly explored experiences of being ghosted among 29 undergraduates primarily from underrepresented populations (75.9% Latinx, 6.9% Asian, 6.9% Black) in the United States. We conducted face‐to‐face semi‐structured interviews regarding general experiences with being ghosted, a memorable experience of being ghosted, and attitudes toward ghosting. Inductive thematic analysis yielded eight themes surrounding the process of being ghosted (Sensing Shifts in Communication Patterns), ghosting attributions (Unreciprocated Feelings, Incompatibility), responses to ghosting (Stages of Grief, Various Coping Methods, Lost Respect for Ghoster, Insight from Experiencing Both Sides), and ghosting attitudes (Good Reasons). Future research might examine the role of both individual (e.g., cultural values) and situational (e.g., ghosting circumstance) factors in various trajectories of ghosting responses, as well as the psychological consequences of these trajectories.","PeriodicalId":48077,"journal":{"name":"PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140839504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study examined longitudinal dyadic and within-partner associations among self-esteem, subjective happiness, and marital conflict in married couples, with a possible moderating role of wives' employment status. Data were analyzed from the Panel Study on Korean Children, nationwide longitudinal data. The study sample included 1668 married couples (N = 3336 participants) where both partners provided separate data annually across three waves. Husbands' and wives' mean ages at T1 were 39.3 and 36.8 years, respectively. For both partners, self-esteem and subjective happiness were related bidirectionally at an individual level. Wives' marital conflict was linked to husbands' subsequent marital conflict and vice versa. Wives played a greater role in their husbands’ self-esteem than vice versa. Findings suggest that wives tend to be their husband's substantial source of perceived psychological well-being than the reverse; however, the benefit of psychological well-being is likely to be lower for husbands of stay-at-home wives.
本研究探讨了已婚夫妇的自尊、主观幸福感和婚姻冲突之间的纵向伴侣关系和伴侣内部关系，以及妻子的就业状况可能起到的调节作用。数据分析来自韩国儿童小组研究（Panel Study on Korean Children）的全国性纵向数据。研究样本包括 1668 对已婚夫妇（N = 3336 名参与者），夫妻双方每年分别提供三次波次的数据。第一次调查时，丈夫和妻子的平均年龄分别为 39.3 岁和 36.8 岁。对于夫妻双方来说，自尊和主观幸福感在个人层面上是双向相关的。妻子的婚姻冲突与丈夫随后的婚姻冲突有关，反之亦然。妻子对丈夫自尊的影响比反之更大。研究结果表明，妻子往往是丈夫心理幸福感的主要来源，而不是相反；然而，对于家庭主妇的丈夫来说，心理幸福感的益处可能较低。
{"title":"Longitudinal dyadic interplay between marital conflict and psychological well-being in couples: The moderating roles of Wives' employment","authors":"Jeong Jin Yu","doi":"10.1111/pere.12544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12544","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined longitudinal dyadic and within-partner associations among self-esteem, subjective happiness, and marital conflict in married couples, with a possible moderating role of wives' employment status. Data were analyzed from the Panel Study on Korean Children, nationwide longitudinal data. The study sample included 1668 married couples (<i>N</i> = 3336 participants) where both partners provided separate data annually across three waves. Husbands' and wives' mean ages at T1 were 39.3 and 36.8 years, respectively. For both partners, self-esteem and subjective happiness were related bidirectionally at an individual level. Wives' marital conflict was linked to husbands' subsequent marital conflict and vice versa. Wives played a greater role in their husbands’ self-esteem than vice versa. Findings suggest that wives tend to be their husband's substantial source of perceived psychological well-being than the reverse; however, the benefit of psychological well-being is likely to be lower for husbands of stay-at-home wives.","PeriodicalId":48077,"journal":{"name":"PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140563068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily M. Britton, Denise C. Marigold, Ian McGregor
Serious conflicts in close personal relationships can be highly distressing and tempting to ignore, but avoidance of conflict is maladaptive. In the present research, we tested the effectiveness of short conflict‐reflection interventions to promote constructive engagement with conflicts. In Study 1 (N = 358), a relatively unstructured, conflicted‐reflection intervention significantly reduced distress and bolstered confidence in partners' ability to resolve their relationship conflicts. Study 2 (N = 411) further revealed that this intervention was as, or nearly as effective as more elaborate interventions that prescribed specific, theory‐based, therapeutic elements. Together, results reveal that even brief episodes of constructive reflection on relationship conflicts can improve confidence and reduce distress about them. The positive effects of a relatively unstructured reflection suggest people already have adaptive intuitions about how to more effectively manage conflicts in their relationships and can benefit from brief reflections on how to apply them.
{"title":"Simple reflection exercises can build efficacy and reduce distress about relationship conflicts","authors":"Emily M. Britton, Denise C. Marigold, Ian McGregor","doi":"10.1111/pere.12545","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12545","url":null,"abstract":"Serious conflicts in close personal relationships can be highly distressing and tempting to ignore, but avoidance of conflict is maladaptive. In the present research, we tested the effectiveness of short conflict‐reflection interventions to promote constructive engagement with conflicts. In Study 1 (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 358), a relatively unstructured, conflicted‐reflection intervention significantly reduced distress and bolstered confidence in partners' ability to resolve their relationship conflicts. Study 2 (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 411) further revealed that this intervention was as, or nearly as effective as more elaborate interventions that prescribed specific, theory‐based, therapeutic elements. Together, results reveal that even brief episodes of constructive reflection on relationship conflicts can improve confidence and reduce distress about them. The positive effects of a relatively unstructured reflection suggest people already have adaptive intuitions about how to more effectively manage conflicts in their relationships and can benefit from brief reflections on how to apply them.","PeriodicalId":48077,"journal":{"name":"PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140563067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Past literature has documented a linkage between entitlement and interpersonal tension, primarily in romantic relationships. However, there is a lack of research investigating the impact of entitlement on sibling relationships. Guided by the agency model of narcissism and adult development literature, this study conceptualized relational entitlement as one form of state narcissism and examined the actor and partner effects of relational entitlement on perceived sibling conflict as well as the moderating effects of financial dependence on parents. Participants were 136 emerging adult sibling dyads (older sibling Mage = 22.20, SD = 2.35; younger sibling Mage = 19.54, SD = 1.55). Results indicated that younger siblings' (not older siblings') relational entitlement was positively associated with both their own and their siblings' perceptions of conflict. Moreover, younger siblings' financial dependence buffered the actor association between younger siblings' relational entitlement and perceived conflict. These findings suggest that emerging adult siblings' developmental status of financial dependence provides a nuanced context for understanding the actor and partner effects of relational entitlement on sibling conflict. The discussion focuses on the role of self‐inflated social comparison in emerging adult sibling conflict and how the developmental characteristics of older and younger siblings shape the above associations.
{"title":"Emerging adult siblings' relational entitlement and conflict: The moderating effects of financial dependence on parents","authors":"Weimiao Zhou, Alesia Woszidlo","doi":"10.1111/pere.12541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12541","url":null,"abstract":"Past literature has documented a linkage between entitlement and interpersonal tension, primarily in romantic relationships. However, there is a lack of research investigating the impact of entitlement on sibling relationships. Guided by the agency model of narcissism and adult development literature, this study conceptualized relational entitlement as one form of state narcissism and examined the actor and partner effects of relational entitlement on perceived sibling conflict as well as the moderating effects of financial dependence on parents. Participants were 136 emerging adult sibling dyads (older sibling <jats:italic>M</jats:italic><jats:sub>age</jats:sub> = 22.20, SD = 2.35; younger sibling <jats:italic>M</jats:italic><jats:sub>age</jats:sub> = 19.54, SD = 1.55). Results indicated that younger siblings' (not older siblings') relational entitlement was positively associated with both their own and their siblings' perceptions of conflict. Moreover, younger siblings' financial dependence buffered the actor association between younger siblings' relational entitlement and perceived conflict. These findings suggest that emerging adult siblings' developmental status of financial dependence provides a nuanced context for understanding the actor and partner effects of relational entitlement on sibling conflict. The discussion focuses on the role of self‐inflated social comparison in emerging adult sibling conflict and how the developmental characteristics of older and younger siblings shape the above associations.","PeriodicalId":48077,"journal":{"name":"PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140563065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Baojuan Ye, Zixuan Zhu, H. Im, Xun Chen, Nannan Fan, Qiang Yang, Fei Xia
We recruited a large cross‐sectional sample of undergraduate students in China (n = 1134) early in the COVID‐19 pandemic to investigate how family cohesion may be related to the maintenance of social trust. Family cohesion was positively associated with social trust, and this effect was partially mediated by psychological stress responses to COVID‐19 (PSRC), that is, family cohesion was negatively associated with greater PSRC which was also negatively associated with social trust. Having a “stress‐as‐enhancing” mindset had an additive negative effect on the association between family cohesion and PSRC but only had a weak dampening effect on the negative association between PSRC and trust. Interventions focusing on cultivating positive family relationships and embracing a stress‐as‐enhancing mindset may offer avenues for maximizing protective factors in times of public health crises.
{"title":"Maintaining social trust: Family cohesion and enhancing mindset in the face of COVID‐19 stress","authors":"Baojuan Ye, Zixuan Zhu, H. Im, Xun Chen, Nannan Fan, Qiang Yang, Fei Xia","doi":"10.1111/pere.12542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12542","url":null,"abstract":"We recruited a large cross‐sectional sample of undergraduate students in China (n = 1134) early in the COVID‐19 pandemic to investigate how family cohesion may be related to the maintenance of social trust. Family cohesion was positively associated with social trust, and this effect was partially mediated by psychological stress responses to COVID‐19 (PSRC), that is, family cohesion was negatively associated with greater PSRC which was also negatively associated with social trust. Having a “stress‐as‐enhancing” mindset had an additive negative effect on the association between family cohesion and PSRC but only had a weak dampening effect on the negative association between PSRC and trust. Interventions focusing on cultivating positive family relationships and embracing a stress‐as‐enhancing mindset may offer avenues for maximizing protective factors in times of public health crises.","PeriodicalId":48077,"journal":{"name":"PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140752388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katie P. Himes, Sarah E. Victor, Adam T. Schmidt, Andrew K. Littlefield
This cross-sectional study examined how perceived partner drinking relates to relationship satisfaction and symptoms of anxiety and depression across romantic drinking partnerships. Participants included 239 cisgender, heterosexual undergraduate students in current romantic relationships (Mage = 19.74; 76.15% female; 87.87% White) who reported their own and their romantic partner's drinking. Associations between drinking partnerships, identified via K-medoid cluster analysis, and internalizing symptomatology were examined utilizing hierarchical linear regression. Perceived partner drinking problems were associated with symptoms of depression but not anxiety. Two drinking quantity (concordant light, concordant heavy) and three drinking problem (concordant light, discordant female high, discordant male high) partnerships were identified. Broadly, men's anxiety and relationship satisfaction were significantly impacted by their drinking quantity and problem partnerships, respectively; this effect was not observed for women. The findings of this study extend extant research on the impact of romantic partner drinking to unmarried, collegiate emerging adults who are at an increased risk of internalizing symptomatology and alcohol use and inform conceptualization of drinking partnerships at the drinking quantity and drinking problem level.
{"title":"Anxiety and depression in young adults: The role of perceived romantic partner drinking","authors":"Katie P. Himes, Sarah E. Victor, Adam T. Schmidt, Andrew K. Littlefield","doi":"10.1111/pere.12543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12543","url":null,"abstract":"This cross-sectional study examined how perceived partner drinking relates to relationship satisfaction and symptoms of anxiety and depression across romantic drinking partnerships. Participants included 239 cisgender, heterosexual undergraduate students in current romantic relationships (<i>M</i>age = 19.74; 76.15% female; 87.87% White) who reported their own and their romantic partner's drinking. Associations between drinking partnerships, identified via K-medoid cluster analysis, and internalizing symptomatology were examined utilizing hierarchical linear regression. Perceived partner drinking problems were associated with symptoms of depression but not anxiety. Two drinking quantity (concordant light, concordant heavy) and three drinking problem (concordant light, discordant female high, discordant male high) partnerships were identified. Broadly, men's anxiety and relationship satisfaction were significantly impacted by their drinking quantity and problem partnerships, respectively; this effect was not observed for women. The findings of this study extend extant research on the impact of romantic partner drinking to unmarried, collegiate emerging adults who are at an increased risk of internalizing symptomatology and alcohol use and inform conceptualization of drinking partnerships at the drinking quantity and drinking problem level.","PeriodicalId":48077,"journal":{"name":"PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140563066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Two studies examined how financial values held by romantic partners were linked with relationship satisfaction. Across a sample of married individuals (N = 628), and a dyadic sample (N = 236), results suggest that holding or perceiving a romantic partner to hold integrated money motives—wanting to earn money to feel pride, establish one's worth, facilitate freedom, and enrich leisure activities—was linked with better relationship satisfaction. Holding or perceiving a romantic partner to hold nonintegrated money motives—wanting to earn money to enable impulse spending, to feel better than others, and to overcome self-doubt—was linked with worse relationship satisfaction. In both samples, perceived similarity in money motives between the self and the partner was also linked to higher relationship satisfaction. Study 2 further showed that actual similarity between partners in nonintegrated money motives was also linked to better relationship satisfaction, suggesting that even nonintegrated money motives might benefit relationships, as long as both partners share these motives. Overall, these studies suggest that while holding similar financial values as your partner is linked with better relationships, some financial values are more conducive to relationship satisfaction than others.
{"title":"How couples think about money: Types of money motives and relationship satisfaction","authors":"Johanna Peetz, Morgan Joseph","doi":"10.1111/pere.12539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12539","url":null,"abstract":"Two studies examined how financial values held by romantic partners were linked with relationship satisfaction. Across a sample of married individuals (<i>N</i> = 628), and a dyadic sample (<i>N</i> = 236), results suggest that holding or perceiving a romantic partner to hold <i>integrated</i> money motives—wanting to earn money to feel pride, establish one's worth, facilitate freedom, and enrich leisure activities—was linked with better relationship satisfaction. Holding or perceiving a romantic partner to hold <i>nonintegrated</i> money motives—wanting to earn money to enable impulse spending, to feel better than others, and to overcome self-doubt—was linked with worse relationship satisfaction. In both samples, perceived similarity in money motives between the self and the partner was also linked to higher relationship satisfaction. Study 2 further showed that actual similarity between partners in nonintegrated money motives was also linked to better relationship satisfaction, suggesting that even nonintegrated money motives might benefit relationships, as long as both partners share these motives. Overall, these studies suggest that while holding similar financial values as your partner is linked with better relationships, some financial values are more conducive to relationship satisfaction than others.","PeriodicalId":48077,"journal":{"name":"PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140044161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Heterosexual men report less distress at infidelity from female interlopers than male interlopers. In addition to presenting no risk of cuckoldry, men could also perceive these women as additional sexual opportunities if they assume mutual interest from the female interloper. The current study considered this possibility by experimentally manipulating the sex role assumption of a female interloper (either masculine or feminine presentation) for expected sexual interest in men. Heterosexual men reacted to infidelity from hypothetical long‐term romantic partners in two experiments. The extrapair mate was another man, a feminine woman, or a masculine‐presenting woman. Although infidelity elicited an overall negative reaction, men reported less distress when the extradyadic partner was female. The feminine woman was additionally regarded as affording the most sexual opportunity. Effects were particularly amplified when this information included images of the extradyadic partner. Studies provide evidence for complementary hypotheses based on intrasexual conflict and intersexual opportunities.
{"title":"Heterosexual men's reactions to infidelity revisited: Comparing the sex role presentation of extradyadic female partners","authors":"Mitch Brown, Samuel E. Snowden, Seth M. Bridges","doi":"10.1111/pere.12540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12540","url":null,"abstract":"Heterosexual men report less distress at infidelity from female interlopers than male interlopers. In addition to presenting no risk of cuckoldry, men could also perceive these women as additional sexual opportunities if they assume mutual interest from the female interloper. The current study considered this possibility by experimentally manipulating the sex role assumption of a female interloper (either masculine or feminine presentation) for expected sexual interest in men. Heterosexual men reacted to infidelity from hypothetical long‐term romantic partners in two experiments. The extrapair mate was another man, a feminine woman, or a masculine‐presenting woman. Although infidelity elicited an overall negative reaction, men reported less distress when the extradyadic partner was female. The feminine woman was additionally regarded as affording the most sexual opportunity. Effects were particularly amplified when this information included images of the extradyadic partner. Studies provide evidence for complementary hypotheses based on intrasexual conflict and intersexual opportunities.","PeriodicalId":48077,"journal":{"name":"PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139946765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bryce Van Vleet, H. Fuller, Emily E. Kinkade, Andrea L. Huseth-Zosel
Family support was an important coping mechanism for older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, not all older adults had access to traditional family ties amid the pandemic. Thus, this study sought to investigate if and how fictive kin ties were developed as a result of pandemic‐related isolation. Older adults (n = 8) who were identified as lacking access to traditional family ties were interviewed five times across 2 years of the pandemic, and their transcripts were analyzed to detect shifts in their fictive kin relationships over time. The majority (n = 5) of participants developed fictive kin ties, either before or during the pandemic, while other older adults struggled with isolation (n = 3). This research has implications that may expand the understanding of social connections and help better support older adults during moments of historical crisis.
{"title":"Lacking family ties during COVID‐19: A longitudinal, small‐scale qualitative analysis of fictive kin in older adulthood","authors":"Bryce Van Vleet, H. Fuller, Emily E. Kinkade, Andrea L. Huseth-Zosel","doi":"10.1111/pere.12538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12538","url":null,"abstract":"Family support was an important coping mechanism for older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, not all older adults had access to traditional family ties amid the pandemic. Thus, this study sought to investigate if and how fictive kin ties were developed as a result of pandemic‐related isolation. Older adults (n = 8) who were identified as lacking access to traditional family ties were interviewed five times across 2 years of the pandemic, and their transcripts were analyzed to detect shifts in their fictive kin relationships over time. The majority (n = 5) of participants developed fictive kin ties, either before or during the pandemic, while other older adults struggled with isolation (n = 3). This research has implications that may expand the understanding of social connections and help better support older adults during moments of historical crisis.","PeriodicalId":48077,"journal":{"name":"PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139840153","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bryce Van Vleet, H. Fuller, Emily E. Kinkade, Andrea L. Huseth-Zosel
Family support was an important coping mechanism for older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, not all older adults had access to traditional family ties amid the pandemic. Thus, this study sought to investigate if and how fictive kin ties were developed as a result of pandemic‐related isolation. Older adults (n = 8) who were identified as lacking access to traditional family ties were interviewed five times across 2 years of the pandemic, and their transcripts were analyzed to detect shifts in their fictive kin relationships over time. The majority (n = 5) of participants developed fictive kin ties, either before or during the pandemic, while other older adults struggled with isolation (n = 3). This research has implications that may expand the understanding of social connections and help better support older adults during moments of historical crisis.
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