Family Contact Mitigates the Impact of Parent-Child Political Incongruence: Cross-Sectional and Diary Data from Post 2019 Hong Kong

Yee-Man Branda Yu, Katy Yuen Yan Tam, Christian S. Chan, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Department of Psychology and Linguistics, International Christian University

Emerging Adulthood

Published online on April 15, 2026

Abstract

Emerging Adulthood, Ahead of Print.
Political disagreements between emerging adults and their parents can erode family relationships. We analyzed data from two studies conducted during and after the 2019 social unrest in Hong Kong to examine whether more frequent contact buffers such ...