Date of Award:
5-2001
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Kathleen W. Piercy
Committee
Kathleen W. Piercy
Committee
Randall M. Jones
Committee
Brent C. Miller
Abstract
This study examines how the experience of a parent's divorce during adolescence affects young adult women's attitudes about relationships, marriage and divorce.
Research questions looked at how participants felt about marriage, their relationship with their parents following the divorce, and how the experience of parental remarriage shapes attitudes about marriage. Fifteen young adult women were interviewed.
The most significant findings were that experiencing a parental divorce leads to
fee lings of ambivalence about marriage. Religious beliefs and positive role models can alleviate some of the negative feelings about marriage that may be present following a parental divorce. Experiencing parental conflict and acting as a middleman between parents during the divorce process contributed to negative feelings about relationships and marriage. Many of the women had negative experiences with their father's remarriage and yet they wished that their mothers would remarry.
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Recommended Citation
Schmidt, Anne Catherine, "The Effect of Parental Divorce on Young Adult Women's Marital Attitudes" (2001). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2610.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2610
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