Divorce and Attachment: Effects on Late Adolescent Romantic Relationships
Abstract
This study investigated the relationships among parental divorce, parental attachment relationships, family conflict, and late adolescents' romantic relationships. The sample included 125 subjects from divorced families (47 males; 78 females) and 141 subjects from intact families (80 males; 61 females). Ages range from 18 years to 22 years. Participants completed self-report measures assessing perceived parental attachment, romantic attachment, romantic relationship characteristics, social competence skills, and family conflict. Evidence was obtained that the quality of the parent-child attachment relationship strongly influences the quality of attachment in a romantic relationship for the adolescent rather than divorce or conflict.
Description
Program year: 1996/1997Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Subject
parental divorceparent-child attachment relationship
family conflict
romantic relationships
Citation
Schwartz, Aimee (1996). Divorce and Attachment: Effects on Late Adolescent Romantic Relationships. University Undergraduate Fellow. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -SchwartzA _1996.