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The Relationship Between Parental Personality, Attachment Style, And Subjective Well-Being, Mia Nguyen Jan 2021

The Relationship Between Parental Personality, Attachment Style, And Subjective Well-Being, Mia Nguyen

Psychology | Student Research Posters

Parents play a critical role in helping children develop into happy and well-adjusted adults. Factors such as secure attachment, parental rearing behaviors, and parental personality all interact to create a developmental context that impacts a child’s experience. Attachment between parent and child, for instance, is the foundation of later relationships in life. However, a variety of other parental factors including parental rearing behaviors and parenting style can influence attachment (Roelofs et al., 2006). Parenting styles that are nurturing, authoritative, and emotionally involved have not only demonstrated more secure attachments in children but have also been reflective of parents who score …


Intergenerational Trauma And Cultural Dissonance In The Face Of Ongoing Social Issues: A Case Study With Vietnamese Youth, Mia Nguyen Jan 2021

Intergenerational Trauma And Cultural Dissonance In The Face Of Ongoing Social Issues: A Case Study With Vietnamese Youth, Mia Nguyen

Psychology | Student Research Posters

Intergenerational Trauma (IT) occurs when the effects of traumatic events are passed down across generations (Isobel et al., 2020), typically through family dynamics and interactional patterns (Hesse & Main, 2000). In the Vietnamese American population, IT is exacerbated by a culture that has historically deprioritized/ignored mental well-being. Which is exacerbated by pressure to adhere to the Model Minority Myth (Hall & Yee, 2012), and by Intergenerational Cultural Dissonance (ICD; conflict caused when the values of younger generations diverge from the traditional culture of their parents (Choi et al., 2008)). While mental health resources for this population were severely inadequate before …