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Author: Rivera, Joanna Cayla
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1. Rivera, Joanna Cayla
Mental Health in Emerging Adults: Mother and Father Parental Support
M.A. Thesis, Department of Psychology, California State University, Fresno, 2022
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)
Keyword(s): Health, Mental/Psychological; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness

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Demographic information, mental health, and parental (mother support and father support) support data from The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY-97) were utilized to understand mental health in emerging adults and its association with mother support and father support across three separate time periods in 2004, 2006, and 2008. Participants (N = 458), measured in 2004 (T1), 2006 (T2), and 2008 (T3), were included in the analyses. Mental health for emerging adults was investigated across six years to explore associations with mother support and father support and describe gender differences in those three variables. Overall, women scored higher with respect to mother support and father support. Women showed worse mental health than men, indicating that women were less peaceful, more blue, less happy, and more depressed. Those with better mother support at times 2 and 3 showed better mental health. Also, those with better averaged father support showed better mental health. Results indicated that further research should be conducted in order to understand the dynamics of emerging adults' mental health and parental support.
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Rivera, Joanna Cayla. Mental Health in Emerging Adults: Mother and Father Parental Support. M.A. Thesis, Department of Psychology, California State University, Fresno, 2022.