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Author: Mahan, Melissa Lynne
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1. Mahan, Melissa Lynne
Intergenerational Transmission Of Relationship Behaviors : The Influence Of The Marital Relationship Versus Parent-Youth Relationship
M.S. Thesis, Iowa State University, 2004
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Marital Status; Transfers, Family

This study is an analysis of the intergenerational transmission of relationship behaviors. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the quality of the parents' marital relationship and the parent-youth relationship were predictive of conflict and closeness in the youth's romantic relationships. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 were analyzed using parent and youth reports from 1997 and 2001. The analyses revealed that parents' marital relationship, and not the parent-youth relationship, was influential on the youth's romantic relationship five years later. Specifically, the mother's compromise behaviors significantly predicted the amount of conflict in the youth's romantic relationship. Implications of these results for family life educators and marriage and family therapists are presented.
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Mahan, Melissa Lynne. Intergenerational Transmission Of Relationship Behaviors : The Influence Of The Marital Relationship Versus Parent-Youth Relationship. M.S. Thesis, Iowa State University, 2004.