THE RELATIONSHIP OF FAMILY-STRUCTURE AND CONFLICT TO LEVELS OF INTIMACY AND PARENTAL ATTACHMENT IN COLLEGE-STUDENTS

Authors
ENSIGN J SCHERMAN A CLARK JJ
Citation
J. Ensign et al., THE RELATIONSHIP OF FAMILY-STRUCTURE AND CONFLICT TO LEVELS OF INTIMACY AND PARENTAL ATTACHMENT IN COLLEGE-STUDENTS, Adolescence, 33(131), 1998, pp. 575-582
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
Adolescence → ACNP
ISSN journal
00018449
Volume
33
Issue
131
Year of publication
1998
Pages
575 - 582
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-8449(1998)33:131<575:TROFAC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Randomly selected college juniors and seniors completed questionnaires concerning marital conflict, parental attachment, and attitudes about love end sex. Results indicated that intimacy was negatively correlat ed with parental conflict and divorce. Divorce and higher levels of co nflict were associated with lower levels of intimacy in students' roma ntic relationships.