Family structure history: Links to relationship formation behaviors in young adulthood

Citation

Ryan, S.; Franzetta, K.; Schelar, E.; & Manlove, J. (2009). Family structure history: Links to relationship formation behaviors in young adulthood. Journal of Marriage and Family. vol. 71 (4) pp. 935 , PMCID: PMC2947371

Abstract

Using data from three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 4, 667), we examined the intergenerational link between parental family structure history and relationship formation in young adulthood. We investigated (a) whether parental family structure history is associated with young adults' own relationship formation behaviors, (b) which dimensions of family structure history are most predictive of children's later relationship formation behaviors, and (c) if the association between family structure history and young adulthood relationship formation differs by gender. Our findings provide evidence of an intergenerational link between parent relationship histories and their offspring's own relationship formation behaviors in young adulthood over and above confounding factors.

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1741-3737.2009.00645.x

Reference Type

Journal Article

Journal Title

Journal of Marriage and Family

Author(s)

Ryan, S.
Franzetta, K.
Schelar, E.
Manlove, J.

Year Published

2009

Volume Number

71

Issue Number

4

Pages

935

DOI

10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00645.x

PMCID

PMC2947371

Reference ID

1082