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Parental Characteristics as Influences on Adjustment in Adulthood

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Handbook of Social Support and the Family

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A long-standing assumption underpinning much psychiatric theorizing has been that developmental factors in childhood contribute to later adult social adjustment and behavior. More specifically, it has been argued that some developmental factors may dispose both to psychiatric conditions and to dysfunctional social and emotional relationships during adult life, either directly or by establishing a diathesis that makes the individual vulnerable to such consequences. Among the numerous developmental factors operating in the life of a child, parental behaviors and attitudes have been implicated as major influences, especially for younger children with limited social networks.

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Parker, G., Gladstone, G.L. (1996). Parental Characteristics as Influences on Adjustment in Adulthood. In: Pierce, G.R., Sarason, B.R., Sarason, I.G. (eds) Handbook of Social Support and the Family. The Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1388-3_9

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