Main Article Content

Silvia López-Larrosa
Universidad de A Coruña
Spain
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8200-8692
Biography
Noelia Pardiño
Universidade da Coruña
Spain
Anh P. Ha
University of Notre Dame
United States
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7705-474X
Biography
Mark
University of Notre Dame
United States
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5932-606X
Biography
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2022), Articles, pages 267-284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17979/reipe.2022.9.2.9352
Submitted: Oct 26, 2022 Accepted: Dec 2, 2022 Published: Dec 15, 2022
How to Cite

Abstract

This study is grounded on Systems Theory and Emotional Security Theory, and aims at extending past work by examining relations among children’s emotional security in the family system and the quality of family relationships among college students, a population scarcely addressed by the Emotional Security Theory. Participants were 236 female and male students attending a public Spanish University (meanage = 20.13 years old). We used the Security in the Family System Scale (SIFS), the Family Stress Scale, the Family Satisfaction Scale, the Bidirectional Parent-Adolescent Relationships Scale (BiPAR), and measures of destructive and constructive interparental conflict. The variables “living with family” and “parental divorce” were also studied. Results showed that parental divorce related to higher family stress, less interparental conflict resolution and worse bidirectional relationships with fathers. There were not significant differences in any of the variables under analyses between students who lived with their families while at college compared to those who did not live with their families. Emotional security in the family explained 52% of the variance of family satisfaction. This study has theoretical implications as it applies Emotional Security Theory to study young adults from divorced and intact families and who either live or not with their families while attending college. Our results agree and support this Theory. It also has practical implications for mental health and counselling services pointing to potential risk and protective family variables in college students.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Article Details

References

BERTALANFFY, Ludwig von (1968). General System Theory: Foundations, development, applications. George Braziller.

BULDUC, Jessica L.; CARON, Sandra L.; & LOGUE, Mary Ellin (2007). The effects of parental divorce on college students. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 46(3-4), 83–104. https://doi.org/10.1300/J087v46n03_06

BURKE, Tricia J.; RUPPEL, Erin K.; & DINSMORE, Dana R. (2016). Moving away and reaching out: Young adults’ relational maintenance and psychosocial wellbeing during the transition to college. Journal of Family Communication, 16(2), 180-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2016.1146724

CÁRDENAS, Manuel; & ARANCIBIA, Héctor. (2014). Potencia estadística y cálculo del tamaño del efecto en G*power: complementos a las pruebas de significación estadística y su aplicación en psicología. Salud & Sociedad, 5(2), 210-224. https://doi.org/10.22199/S07187475.2014.0002.00006

CHARLES, Camille Z.; DINWIDDIE, Gniesha; & MASSEY, Douglas S. (2004). The continuing consequences of segregation: family stress and college academic performance. Social Science Quarterly, 85(5), 1353-1373. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.00280.x

CTXT / OBSERVATORIO SOCIAL “LA CAIXA” (2017, 8 de agosto). Jóvenes y emancipación tardía. https://ctxt.es/es/20170802/Firmas/14231/jovenes-emancipacion-trabajo-paro-estudios.htm

CUMMINGS, E. Mark; & DAVIES, Patrick T. (2010). Marital conflict and children. An emotional security perspective. Guildford Press.

DAVIES, Patrick T.; & MARTIN, Meredith J. (2013). The reformulation of Emotional Security Theory: The role of children’s social defense in Developmental Psychopathology. Developmental Psychopathology, 25(402), 1435–1454. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579413000709

FORMAN, Evan M.; & DAVIES, Patrick T. (2005). Assessing children´s appraisals of security in the family system: The development of the Security in the Family- System (SIFS) Scales. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46 (8), 900-916.

FUNDACIÓN CYD (2008). La universidad en España. Tendencias generales. https://www.fundacioncyd.org/publicaciones-cyd/informe-cyd-2008/

GILBERT, Roberta M. (2017). Extraordinary relationships: A new way of thinking about human interactions (2nd ed.). Leading Systems Press.

GÓMEZ-BAYA, Diego; MENDOZA, Ramón; CAMACHO, Inés; & GASPAR DE MATOS, Margarida (2018). Latent growth curve model of perceived family relationship quality and depressive symptoms during middle adolescence in Spain. Journal of Family Issues, 39(3), 2037-2060. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X17741174

GRAHAM, Ryan S. (2013). Experiences, perspectives, and challenges of college students whose parents are divorced [Doctoral dissertation, Capella University].

GRYCH, John H.; SEID, Michael; & FINCHAM, Frank D. (1992). Assessing marital conflict from the child’s perspective: The Children’s Perception of Interparental Conflict scale. Child Development, 63, 558-572. https://doi.org/10.2307/1131346

HSIA, Jennifer F. (2015). Interactive effects of cultural values and family satisfaction on perceived stress and depressive symptoms in college students. [Doctoral Dissertation, The University of South Dakota].

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADÍSTICA, INE (2014). Cifras INE. Boletín informativo del instituto nacional de estadística. https://www.ine.es/ss/Satellite?L=es_ES&c=INECifrasINE_C&cid=1259944407896&p=1254735116567&pagename=ProductosYServicios%2FINECifrasINE_C%2FPYSDetalleCifrasINE

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADÍSTICA, INE (2021). Estadística de Nulidades, Separaciones y Divorcios (ENSD). https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=estadistica_C&cid=1254736176798&menu=ultiDatos&idp=1254735573206

IRAURGI, Ioseba; MUÑOZ, Ana; SANZ, Mireia; & MARTÍNEZ-PAMPLIEGA, Ana (2010). Conflicto marital y adaptación de los hijos: propuesta de un modelo sistémico. Interamerican Journal of Psychology, 44(3), 422-431.

KALLAD, Yacoub; & JABR, Fares (2016). Effects of perceived social support and family demands on college students' mental well‐being: A cross‐cultural investigation. International Journal of Psychology, 51(5), 348-355. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12177

KEEPORTS, Christine R.; & PITTMAN, Laura D. (2017). I wish my parents would stop arguing! The impact of interparental conflict on young adults. Journal of Family Issues, 38(6) 839–857. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X15613821

LINDELL, Anna K.; KILLOREN, Sarah E.; & CAMPIONE-BARR, Nicole (2020). Parent-child relationship quality and emotional adjustment among college students: The role of parental financial support. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520964870

LÓPEZ-LARROSA, Silvia (2009). El sistema familiar ante el divorcio: factores de riesgo y protección y programas de intervención. Cultura y Educación, 21, 391402. https://doi.org/10.1174/113564009790002436

LÓPEZ-LARROSA, Silvia; & ESCUDERO, Valentín (2003). Familia, evaluación e intervención. Editorial CCS.

LÓPEZ-LARROSA, Silvia; MENDIRI-RUIZ DE ALDA, Paula; & SÁNCHEZ SOUTO, Vanesa (2016). Validación de la escala Seguridad en el Sistema Familiar (SIFS) en dos muestras españolas de adolescentes y jóvenes residentes con su familia e institucionalizados. Universitas Psychologica, 15(2), 361-370. https://doi.org/10.11144//Javeriana.upsy15-2.vessf

MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN, CULTURA Y DEPORTE (2016). Datos y cifras del sistema universitario español. Curso 2015-2016. https://sede.educacion.gob.es/publiventa/datos-y-cifras-del-sistema-universitario-espanol-curso-20152016/estadisticas-universidad-espana/21461

OLSON, David H.; RUSSELL, Candyce Smith; & SPRENKLE, Douglas H. (1989). Circumplex model: systemic assessment and treatment of families. Routledge.

PÉREZ-DÍAZ, Mª Teresa, SIMÓN, Pablo, CLAVERÍA, Silvia, GARCÍA-ALBACETE, Gema, LÓPEZ-ORTEGA, Albertp, & TORRE, Margarita (2021). Informe Juventud en España 2020. Instituto de la Juventud, INJUVE. Disponible en: https://www.injuve.es/observatorio/demografia-e-informacion-general/informe-juventud-en-espana-2020

PARRA, Águeda; OLIVA, Alfredo; & REINA, Mª del Carmen (2015). Family relationships from adolescence to emerging adulthood: A longitudinal study. Journal of Family Issues, 36(14) 2002–2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X13507570

RIVETT, Mark; & BUCHMÜLLER, Joanne (2018). Family therapy skills and techniques. Routledge.

RODRÍGUEZ-RIVAS, Claudia (2021). Seguridad emocional, relaciones con los padres y apego en estudiantes universitarios. [Unpublished Master’s thesis]. Universidade da Coruña.

SANMARTÍN, Olga R. (2018). El 85% de los universitarios no se ha movido de su comunidad autónoma para estudiar la carrera. https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2018/05/30/5b0e7526e2704eff728b45b6.html

SANZ, Mireia (2008a). Escala de Estrés Familiar (FSS, Family Stress Scale). In Equipo EIF (Ed.), Manual de instrumentos de evaluación familiar (pp. 101-107). Editorial CCS.

SANZ, Mireia (2008b). Escala de Satisfacción Familiar (FsfS. Family Satisfaction Scale). In Equipo EIF (Ed.), Manual de instrumentos de evaluación familiar (pp. 69-79). Editorial CCS.

SANZ, Mireia; IRAURGI, Ioseba; & MARTÍNEZ-PAMPLIEGA, Ana (2002). Evaluación del funcionamiento familiar en toxicomanías: Adaptación española y características de adecuación métrica del FAP-FACES IV. En Iosega Iraurgi, & Franciso Gonzáles-Saiz (Eds.), Instrumentos de evaluación en drogodependencias (pp. 403-434). Aula Médica.

VIQUEIRA, Laura; & LÓPEZ-LARROSA, Silvia (2017). Estrés y satisfacción familiar en estudiantes universitarios: ¿afecta el divorcio parental? Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación, 4, 58-63. https://doi.org/10.17979/reipe.2017.4.1.2026

WELSH, Mathew M. (2018). Parental divorce, perceived parental conflict dimensions, perception of gains, growth, and parent child relationship in college students. [Doctoral Dissertation, Purdue University]. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI10831140/