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Family Of Origin Experiences And Young Adults’ Romantic Relationship Outcomes, Emily Isola
Family Of Origin Experiences And Young Adults’ Romantic Relationship Outcomes, Emily Isola
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
This study seeks to identify the impact of one’s family-of-origin experiences on future young adult romantic relationships. It is hypothesized that greater conflict within parental and parent-teen relationships will predict poorer future romantic relationship outcomes. These associations will be mediated by anxiety, insecure attachment, and poorer conflict resolution skills. A mediating variable is a third variable that can help explain the connection between an independent and dependent variable. Buffering effects of positive friendship qualities will also be considered. Data were analyzed using an 18-year multi-method longitudinal study of 184 youth. Hierarchical regressions between family of origin predictor variables, mediators, and …