Faculty Sponsor: Ajani Pinard
Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/92624285294
Ajani Pinard
My name is Ajani Pinard, and I’m a sophomore from Brooklyn, NY, majoring in Sociology and considering a minor in data analysis.
Abstract: Research about the association between parental relationships and happiness rarely follows respondents from adolescence to adulthood. ​Which parental relationship—maternal or paternal—shows a stronger association with happiness among teens and adults? Teens (grades 7th to 12th) and adults (late 30s/early 40s who measured their parental relationship status and happiness levels were drawn from the first and fifth waves of the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (AddHealth). ​Among teens, 69% reported the strongest possible maternal closeness, while 54%reported the strongest paternal closeness.​ For teens, the maternal relationship was more meaningful, shown through a stronger p-value, while for adults, the paternal relationship was more meaningful, shown through a stronger p-value.
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