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ArticleInternational journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie2020

Psychological maladjustment mediates the link between remembrances of parental rejection in childhood and loneliness in adulthood: A cross-cultural comparative study.

Ronald P Rohner, Diane L Putnick, Alex D Molaver, Sumbleen Ali, M Mussaffa Butt, Dara M Ibrahim, Cecilia Aurino, Marjolijn J M Blom, Fatima H Darwesh, Stefania Auricchio and 4 more

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Article in International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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14 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Ronald P RohnerUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Diane L PutnickEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Alex D MolaverUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Sumbleen AliUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
M Mussaffa ButtGC University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Dara M IbrahimSalahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq.
Cecilia AurinoUniversity of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy.
Marjolijn J M BlomThe Netherlands Council for Health and Society, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Fatima H DarweshSalahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq.
Stefania AuricchioUniversity of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy.
Araz H RadhaSalahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq.
Maria C MirandaUniversity of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy.
Kari AdamsonsUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
Vincenzo Paolo SeneseUniversity of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy.
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Connecticut · USSalahaddin University-Erbil · IQEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USGovernment College University, Lahore · PKThe Health Council of the Netherlands · NL

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 HD999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drawing stimulus from interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory, this multicultural study examined relations between men's versus women's remembrances of maternal and paternal acceptance-rejection in childhood and their current level of loneliness, as mediated by adults' self-reported psychological maladjustment. Adults (N = 899) from five nations (Iraq, Italy, the Netherlands, Pakistan, and the United States) responded to the Adult version of the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire-short form for mothers and fathers, the Adult version of the Personality Assessment Questionnaire-short form, and the Interpersonal Acceptance-Rejection Loneliness Scale. Adults' remembrances of maternal and paternal rejection in childhood significantly and independently predicted feelings of loneliness but remembered paternal rejection was more strongly related to these feelings than were remembrances of maternal rejection. Psychological maladjustment fully mediated the effect of remembered maternal rejection but only partially mediated the effect of remembered paternal rejection on loneliness. There were no significant differences in these results across the five countries or genders. Overall, the results suggest that adults' remembrances of parental rejection in childhood-along with the theoretically expected development of psychological maladjustment-are likely to be associated panculturally with the experience of loneliness in adulthood.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonRejection, PsychologyAdolescentAdultAgedFemaleHumansLonelinessMaleMental RecallMiddle AgedYoung AdultAcceptance-rejection syndromeGenderInterpersonal acceptance-rejection theoryLonelinessPsychological maladjustment

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PMID31565809
PMCPMC7103494
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