Thematic Focus: Family Relationships and Features Explored
The studies investigated a range of relationship features either considering emerging adults’ relationships with their whole-family system (n = 7) or with specific family members (n = 31). Out of these, 26 studies focused on the parent-child relationship, four on siblings, and one on grandparent-grandchild relationships. The main results of the studies will be next presented according to the type of family relationship explored.