Worrying about our children: Parental worry and psychological well-being among Korean middle-aged couples.
J Fam Psychol
; 38(3): 476-483, 2024 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
When children reach a certain age of maturity, middle-aged parents often reflect on their parenting, harboring continuous worries about their adult children. These parenting experiences are also shared within couples and continue to impact parents' well-being. Utilizing couple data from the 2010 Korean Baby Boomer Panel Study, we examined the dyadic associations of worry about child issues and psychological well-being among middle-aged couples (N = 1,091; aged 47-55) who have at least one adult child (Mage = 23.13 years). Results from the actor-partner interdependence model showed that one's own parental worry was significantly associated with psychological well-being for both husbands and wives (i.e., actor effects). Further, wives' worry about children was significantly associated with husbands' psychological well-being (i.e., partner effects)-but not vice versa. These findings highlight that aspects of parenting not only impact children but also extend to the linked lives of midlife parents themselves. Research on parental experiences at the couple level may inform interventions to enhance middle-aged parents' well-being. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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Matrimonio
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Bienestar Psicológico
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
País como asunto:
Asia
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En
Año:
2024
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Article