Presentation Type
Poster
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Andrew Terranova, Psychology
Major
Psychology
Presentation Abstract
Divorce is a prevalent issue in the United States, even though research suggests that a healthy marriage is beneficial to children's development and well-being (Ribar, 2015). Children having divorced parents (Potter, 2010) and parents in unhappy marriages are associated with more difficulties with psychological well-being of children (Bannon, et al. 2018). The goal of the present study is to determine whether or not parental divorce and relationship quality are associated with the marital views and relationships of college students. Participants will be asked to complete a series of online survey scales measuring parental relationship status, age of parental divorce (if divorced), parental marriage quality, parental conflict, participant relationship status, participant relationship satisfaction, and participant marital attitudes. It is hypothesized that parental divorce and parental conflict will be linked to less traditional marital views and less favorable marital attitudes. An association between parental conflict and participant relationship satisfaction will also be explored. Participants whose parents divorced during adolescence are predicted to have less traditional marital views and stronger, negative marital attitudes than if divorce occurred at other developmental periods. Findings of this study lay grounds for future research, such as longitudinal studies that could provide stronger evidence of causational relationships.
Location
Poster Session 2
Start Date
13-4-2022 4:30 PM
End Date
13-4-2022 6:30 PM
Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Oswald, Emma, "The Association Between Parental Relationships and the Marital Views and Relationships of College Students" (2022). Undergraduate Research Competition. 58.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2022/fullconference/58
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The Association Between Parental Relationships and the Marital Views and Relationships of College Students
Poster Session 2
Divorce is a prevalent issue in the United States, even though research suggests that a healthy marriage is beneficial to children's development and well-being (Ribar, 2015). Children having divorced parents (Potter, 2010) and parents in unhappy marriages are associated with more difficulties with psychological well-being of children (Bannon, et al. 2018). The goal of the present study is to determine whether or not parental divorce and relationship quality are associated with the marital views and relationships of college students. Participants will be asked to complete a series of online survey scales measuring parental relationship status, age of parental divorce (if divorced), parental marriage quality, parental conflict, participant relationship status, participant relationship satisfaction, and participant marital attitudes. It is hypothesized that parental divorce and parental conflict will be linked to less traditional marital views and less favorable marital attitudes. An association between parental conflict and participant relationship satisfaction will also be explored. Participants whose parents divorced during adolescence are predicted to have less traditional marital views and stronger, negative marital attitudes than if divorce occurred at other developmental periods. Findings of this study lay grounds for future research, such as longitudinal studies that could provide stronger evidence of causational relationships.