Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great Recession
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Resumo: | Amidst today’s complex financial world, understanding how family adaptation may be fostered in contexts of macroeconomic adversity is paramount. The present qualitative study sought to investigate how Portuguese families with emerging adult children have been managing macroeconomic-related demands since the Great Recession. Specifically, we aimed at uncovering the processes that may have facilitated their adaptation to macroeconomic stress over the last decade. Fourteen two-parent families with at least one emerging adult child (N = 48 participants) participated in semi-structured interviews in late 2010s. Thematic analysis yielded three key themes: (i) Appraisal, capturing family beliefs regarding their macroeconomic contexts since early to late 2010s; (ii) Demands and Impact, reflecting the macroeconomic challenges with which families were confronted; (iii) Capabilities, including coping behaviors – such as financial cutbacks implemented during the recession – and resources – such as family cohesion and parental emotional and instrumental support to emerging adults – that facilitated families’ demand management, potentially constituting key family processes in resilience during macroeconomic hard times. Despite their positive adaptation to macroeconomic demands during the most complicated years of recession, families continued to perceive great instability in their macroeconomic contexts in late 2010s, displaying concerns related to the future of emerging adults. These results highlighted that macroeconomic crises entail long-lasting impacts for individuals and families, alerting researchers, clinicians and politicians to the increased challenges currently faced by young people and their families. In addition, findings from this study can inform clinical practice and the development of multisystemic interventions aiming at helping financially stressed families. |
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Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great RecessionFamily adjustment and adaptationFamily resilienceFamilies with emerging adult childrenJoint family interviewsMacroeconomic crisisMacroeconomic demandsAmidst today’s complex financial world, understanding how family adaptation may be fostered in contexts of macroeconomic adversity is paramount. The present qualitative study sought to investigate how Portuguese families with emerging adult children have been managing macroeconomic-related demands since the Great Recession. Specifically, we aimed at uncovering the processes that may have facilitated their adaptation to macroeconomic stress over the last decade. Fourteen two-parent families with at least one emerging adult child (N = 48 participants) participated in semi-structured interviews in late 2010s. Thematic analysis yielded three key themes: (i) Appraisal, capturing family beliefs regarding their macroeconomic contexts since early to late 2010s; (ii) Demands and Impact, reflecting the macroeconomic challenges with which families were confronted; (iii) Capabilities, including coping behaviors – such as financial cutbacks implemented during the recession – and resources – such as family cohesion and parental emotional and instrumental support to emerging adults – that facilitated families’ demand management, potentially constituting key family processes in resilience during macroeconomic hard times. Despite their positive adaptation to macroeconomic demands during the most complicated years of recession, families continued to perceive great instability in their macroeconomic contexts in late 2010s, displaying concerns related to the future of emerging adults. These results highlighted that macroeconomic crises entail long-lasting impacts for individuals and families, alerting researchers, clinicians and politicians to the increased challenges currently faced by young people and their families. In addition, findings from this study can inform clinical practice and the development of multisystemic interventions aiming at helping financially stressed families.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaFonseca, GabrielaLourenço, DanielaFrancisco, RitaCrespo, CarlaRelvas, Ana Paula2023-09-20T15:31:41Z2024-01-012024-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/42524eng1062-102410.1007/s10826-023-02650-985169169005001062565900002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-02-20T01:32:31Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/42524Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:30:58.334247Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great Recession |
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Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great Recession |
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Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great Recession Fonseca, Gabriela Family adjustment and adaptation Family resilience Families with emerging adult children Joint family interviews Macroeconomic crisis Macroeconomic demands |
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Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great Recession |
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Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great Recession |
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Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great Recession |
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Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great Recession |
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Families navigating macroeconomic hard times: the experiences of Portuguese emerging adults and their parents in the aftermath of the Great Recession |
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Fonseca, Gabriela |
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Fonseca, Gabriela Lourenço, Daniela Francisco, Rita Crespo, Carla Relvas, Ana Paula |
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Lourenço, Daniela Francisco, Rita Crespo, Carla Relvas, Ana Paula |
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Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
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Fonseca, Gabriela Lourenço, Daniela Francisco, Rita Crespo, Carla Relvas, Ana Paula |
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Family adjustment and adaptation Family resilience Families with emerging adult children Joint family interviews Macroeconomic crisis Macroeconomic demands |
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Family adjustment and adaptation Family resilience Families with emerging adult children Joint family interviews Macroeconomic crisis Macroeconomic demands |
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Amidst today’s complex financial world, understanding how family adaptation may be fostered in contexts of macroeconomic adversity is paramount. The present qualitative study sought to investigate how Portuguese families with emerging adult children have been managing macroeconomic-related demands since the Great Recession. Specifically, we aimed at uncovering the processes that may have facilitated their adaptation to macroeconomic stress over the last decade. Fourteen two-parent families with at least one emerging adult child (N = 48 participants) participated in semi-structured interviews in late 2010s. Thematic analysis yielded three key themes: (i) Appraisal, capturing family beliefs regarding their macroeconomic contexts since early to late 2010s; (ii) Demands and Impact, reflecting the macroeconomic challenges with which families were confronted; (iii) Capabilities, including coping behaviors – such as financial cutbacks implemented during the recession – and resources – such as family cohesion and parental emotional and instrumental support to emerging adults – that facilitated families’ demand management, potentially constituting key family processes in resilience during macroeconomic hard times. Despite their positive adaptation to macroeconomic demands during the most complicated years of recession, families continued to perceive great instability in their macroeconomic contexts in late 2010s, displaying concerns related to the future of emerging adults. These results highlighted that macroeconomic crises entail long-lasting impacts for individuals and families, alerting researchers, clinicians and politicians to the increased challenges currently faced by young people and their families. In addition, findings from this study can inform clinical practice and the development of multisystemic interventions aiming at helping financially stressed families. |
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