Perceived parent -child relationship, social support, cultural orientation, and life satisfaction among Pilipino American adult children of immigrant parents

The purpose of this study was to better understand the role of protective factors such as parent-child relationship, social support, and cultural orientation and its associations with life satisfaction among Pilipino American adult children of immigrant parents residing in the United States. Cronbach's alpha revealed that the study's measures have medium to high internal reliability comparable to that of the normative sample.;Participants were 213 Pilipino Americans between the ages of 20 and 28. Of the participants, 154 were female and 56 were male. Two hundred eleven people participated using the online questionnaire while two participated using the mail questionnaire. One hundred fifty-two of the participants were born in the United States while fifty-nine were foreign born. Years residing in the United States for the entire sample averaged 22.60. On average, participants and their parents had a Bachelors degree.;Three hypotheses and two sub-hypotheses were examined in this study. Results for hypothesis 1 demonstrated a significant predictive relationship of parental bond, family as a source of social support, and ethnic and dominant society immersion with life satisfaction. All of the predictors had unique contributions except for ethnic society immersion. Hypothesis 2 was also significant in that Pilipino American adult children of immigrant parents significantly endorsed levels of parental bonding above the expected mean. Results for sub-hypothesis 2A demonstrated a significant predictive relationship of cultural orientation with parental bond. Results for Hypothesis 3 indicated that there is a significant difference between the sources of social support. However, further investigation indicated that participants on average endorsed more support from friends than from significant other and family. Sub-hypothesis 3A demonstrated a significant predictive relationship between social support and cultural orientation. Study results supported the literature on life satisfaction, parental bond, social support, and cultural orientation.;Future research might consider replicating this study to verify its reliability. Limitations to the present study were discussed. Further research with Pilipino Americans is much needed given the limited literature and rapid growth of this population.