Ryan Suzanne, Franzetta Kerry, Schelar Erin, Manlove Jennifer
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J Marriage Fam. 2009 Nov 1;71(4):935-953. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00645.x.
Using data from three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N=4,538), we examine the intergenerational link between parental family structure history and relationship formation in young adulthood. We investigate: (a) first, whether parental family structure history is associated with young adults' own relationship formation behaviors; (b) second, which dimensions of family structure history are most predictive of children's later relationship formation behaviors; and (c) third, 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.
利用来自青少年健康全国纵向研究三轮的数据（N = 4538），我们研究了父母家庭结构历史与青年期恋爱关系形成之间的代际联系。我们调查：（a）首先，父母的家庭结构历史是否与年轻人自身的恋爱关系形成行为相关；（b）其次，家庭结构历史的哪些维度最能预测子女后来的恋爱关系形成行为；（c）第三，家庭结构历史与青年期恋爱关系形成之间的关联是否因性别而异。我们的研究结果证明，除混杂因素外，父母的恋爱关系历史与他们子女在青年期自身的恋爱关系形成行为之间存在代际联系。
