Role of Parent-Child Relationship in Coping Styles of Emerging Adults

Abstract

The emerging adult stage of life is a period of transition where the individuals have to cope with new way of teaching-learning process, new associates, and new atmosphere. The coping style they use will determine how effectively they face life challenges and future life.Previous literature has stressed the significance of parent-child attachment on overall wellbeing of children and adults. The present study focused on association of parent-child attachment on coping styles among emerging adults. For this, data on parent-child relationship and coping styles were collected using standardized tools -The adult scale of parent attachment (short-form) and coping inventory for stressful situations (CISS) questionnaire -from 284 emerging adults studying in colleges in Salem, Tamil Nadu. IBM SPSS version 25 was used to analyse the data. Correlational analysis revealed relationship between the study variables, Step-wise regression showed the influence of different types of relationship with either mother or father on three coping stylestask oriented coping, emotion oriented coping and avoidant coping. Implication and limitations of the study are discussed.