The intergenerational transmission of relationship instability: A focus on emerging adult on-off relationships |
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Authors: | Emily J Charvat Chelsea L Garneau-Rosner James Kale Monk Colleen W Colaner |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA;2. Department of Communication, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA |
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Abstract: | This study extends prior research on the intergenerational transmission of relationship instability by examining parents' history of on-off relationships as a predictor of emerging adults' own cycling (i.e., breaking up and renewing with the same romantic partner). Data were collected at a large mid-western university from 702 emerging adults (18–25 years old). Multinomial logistic regression was used to predict the likelihood that participants had cycled in a past or current relationship. Results show that parental cycling increased the likelihood of offspring cycling in a past or current relationship relative to never cycling, and greater uncertainty about the future of the relationship was a mechanism through which such transmission occurred. Findings from this study demonstrate that parental relationship instability can even be consequential for the transient relationships within emerging adulthood, making family history a productive area to explore for practitioners working with cyclical partners and/or emerging adults. |
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Keywords: | cycling emerging adulthood intergenerational transmission of union instability on-again/off-again relationships relationship uncertainty 循环 时分时合的关系 刚步入成人期 不确定性的关系 关系联盟不稳定的代际传递 |
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