Serido Joyce, Li Lijun, Vosylis Rimantas, Vasquez Katherine, Sorgente Angela, Lep Žan, Fonseca Gabriela, Crespo Carla, Relvas Ana Paula, Zupančič Maja, Lanz Margherita
Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Department of Psychology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
Fam Process. 2025 Mar;64(1):e13040. doi: 10.1111/famp.13040. Epub 2024 Aug 5.
The present study focuses on the role of family support to young adult children during COVID-19 in ameliorating the negative financial impact of the pandemic. Guided by the Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory of stress and coping, we conceptualize the negative financial impact due to COVID-19 as a source of financial stress that would be associated with lower levels of both financial wellbeing and positive outlook of young adults. We rely on data collected from a multinational sample of young adults (ages 18-30) from six countries (China, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, US; N = 2102) over a 3-month period (July 2020-September 2020). We tested the potential effects of two types of support (i.e., parental financial support and family emotional support) using path analysis. While we find a consistent positive association between family emotional support and both financial wellbeing and positive outlook, we also find a consistent negative association between parental financial support and financial wellbeing, and a nonsignificant or negative association (Lithuania only) with a positive outlook. The significant interaction between COVID-19 financial impact and family emotional support on young adults' positive outlook reveals that the benefit of family emotional support is more evident when the negative financial impact is low or moderate. We discuss the implications of these findings in assisting young adults to cope with financial disruptions.
本研究聚焦于在新冠疫情期间家庭支持对青年成年子女的作用，以减轻疫情带来的负面经济影响。以压力与应对的资源守恒（COR）理论为指导，我们将新冠疫情造成的负面经济影响概念化为一种经济压力源，这会与青年成年人较低的财务幸福感和积极展望相关联。我们依赖于在三个月期间（2020年7月至2020年9月）从六个国家（中国、意大利、立陶宛、葡萄牙、斯洛文尼亚、美国；N = 2102）的青年成年人（年龄18 - 30岁）的跨国样本中收集的数据。我们使用路径分析测试了两种支持类型（即父母的经济支持和家庭情感支持）的潜在影响。虽然我们发现家庭情感支持与财务幸福感和积极展望之间始终存在正相关，但我们也发现父母的经济支持与财务幸福感之间始终存在负相关，并且与积极展望存在不显著或负相关（仅在立陶宛）。新冠疫情经济影响与家庭情感支持对青年成年人积极展望的显著交互作用表明，当负面经济影响较低或中等时，家庭情感支持的益处更为明显。我们讨论了这些发现对于帮助青年成年人应对财务困境的意义。
