Parental Bonding, Equanimity, and Coping: A Correlational Study among Emerging Adulthood

Abstract

The study investigated the relation among parent bonding, equanimity and coping of the emerging adults. The study involved 152 subjects and they were assessed using the normal scales of parental bonding (care and overprotection), equanimity, and coping. Descriptors suggested that participants perceived parent bonding and coping at average level whereas equanimity had greater means in compare with others. Results of Shapiro-Wilk test showed that equanimity and coping were not normally distributed whereas parent bonding was normally distributed. Thus, Spearman’s rank-order correlation was used to test the extent of association among parent bonding, equanimity, and coping. It found that no statistically significant correlation between parent bonding and equanimity, coping and means that the perceptions of the quality of parent bonds was not linked with equanimity and coping abilities in this group of subjects. It was implied from this research that there could be a complex relationship between a first encounter with a parent-child attachment and their successful adjustment in young adulthood, and this relationship could be moderated or mediated by other variables. Discussion was included about implications of the study for counselling, as well as implications for future research.