Influence of Mother Bonding and Childhood Trauma on Quality of Life of Emerging Adults

Abstract

This study examined the influence of mother bonding and childhood trauma on the quality of life of emerging adults. It was hypothesized that there will be a significant interaction between mother bonding and childhood trauma on quality of life of emerging adults. Participants of the study consisted 200 adults within an age range between 18-25 years from Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala. The Parental Bonding Instrument ((PBI; Parker, Tupling, & Brown, 1979)), Childhood Trauma Questionnaire ((Bernstein et al., 1994), and Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL BREF, 1991) were used to collect information from the participants. Two-Way ANOVA (4×4) was carried out to test the hypotheses Results revealed that emotional abuse, physical abuse and emotional neglect significantly influence the quality of life. Those participants who reported no emotional abuse, physical abuse and emotional neglect reported greater quality of life when compared to participants subjected to low, moderate or severe level of it. Mother bonding also showed a significant influence on Quality of life. Those participants who had an optimal maternal bonding reported greater quality of life We also tried to explore the interaction effect among the variables of our study and the results revealed that there was no significant interaction effect among the variables.