Abstract
Two coping strategies-problem solving and social support seeking-were hypothesized to differentially moderate the effects of intergenerational family conflict on well-being and adjustment in a college sample of 117 Asian American young adult children. Results indicated that social support served as a protective-stabilizing factor that buffered the effects of family conflict on positive affect and somatic distress. Problem-solving coping served as a protective-reactive factor that had a positive effect on positive affect when family conflict was low and a negative effect when family conflict was high. The potential implications of these findings for counseling and conducting research on Asian American college students are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 389-399 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of counseling psychology |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - Jul 2005 |