Universidad del País Vasco (Spain).
University of Missouri (USA).
Span J Psychol. 2020 Oct 27;23:e42. doi: 10.1017/SJP.2020.38.
This study focused on the associations between parental divorce and interparental conflict with young adults' current attachment-related anxiety and avoidance, and romantic relationship expectations. The moderating effect of attachment history was also investigated. Using a sample of 1,078 Spanish young adults (544 women, 518 men; average age 21.4 years), our results confirmed that parental divorce is not associated with young adult children's higher attachment anxiety and avoidance nor poorer romantic relationship expectations. Moreover, interparental conflict is more strongly associated with attachment-related avoidance (p < .001) and romantic relationship expectations (p < .05) than parental divorce, yet depending on attachment history. In fact, in support of our hypothesis, a more secure attachment history with mother has a buffering effect on the association between high-unresolved interparental conflict and attachment avoidance (β = .17, p < .001). Findings add to the existing literature and promote a better understanding of the complex associations between parental divorce and conflict on adult children´s current attachment and relationship expectations.
这项研究关注的是父母离婚和父母冲突与年轻人当前与依恋相关的焦虑和回避，以及浪漫关系期望之间的关联。还研究了依恋史的调节作用。本研究使用了 1078 名西班牙年轻成年人（544 名女性，518 名男性；平均年龄 21.4 岁）的样本，研究结果证实，父母离婚与年轻人的较高依恋焦虑和回避无关，也不会导致较差的浪漫关系期望。此外，与父母离婚相比，父母冲突与依恋相关的回避（p<0.001）和浪漫关系期望（p<0.05）的关联更强，但取决于依恋史。事实上，我们的假设得到了支持，与母亲有更安全的依恋史对高未解决的父母冲突与依恋回避之间的关联具有缓冲作用（β=0.17，p<0.001）。研究结果丰富了现有文献，并促进了对父母离婚和冲突对成年子女当前依恋和关系期望之间复杂关联的更好理解。
