Role of attitude towards divorce in relationship between family factors and romantic relationship quality among university and college students in the Maldives
Family factors such as interparental conflict, parental divorce, and parent-child attachment have often been associated with young adults' romantic relationship quality. Research has also shown that these factors are interrelated; however, little attention has been given to look at all th...
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Summary: | Family factors such as interparental conflict, parental divorce, and parent-child
attachment have often been associated with young adults' romantic relationship quality.
Research has also shown that these factors are interrelated; however, little attention has
been given to look at all the elements together in a single study. In line with this, the
current study has aimed to examine the impact of interparental conflict, parental divorce,
and parent-child attachment on the relationship quality of young adults in Maldives'
universities and colleges. The study also examined the mediation effect of attitudes
towards divorce on the relationship between interparental conflict, parental divorce,
parent-child attachment and romantic relationship quality.
A total of 463 Maldivian university/college students in a romantic relationship (i.e.,
either married or in a dating romantic relationship) between the ages of 18 to 25
participated in the study. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires.
Relationship quality was measured using relationship quality component inventory.
Children's perception of interparental conflict scale was used to measure interparental
conflict. The parent-child attachment was measured using an attachment to
parent/caregiver inventory, and attitudes towards divorce were measured using the
attitudes towards divorce scale.
The collected data was analyzed using SPSS v.26 and Smart-PLS 3 software. The
descriptive analysis results showed a higher percentage of the participants had low
relationship quality levels, perceived high levels of interparental conflict, and had
experienced parental divorce. Furthermore, mother-child avoidant attachment was
slightly higher than the father-child avoidant attachment. However, mother-child
anxious attachment was higher among the participants than a father-child anxious attachment. Additionally, most participants had unfavorable attitudes towards divorce,
meaning they accepted divorce as an easy way to terminate complicated relationships.
PLS-SEM results showed a direct relationship between interparental conflict, parental
divorce, parent-child attachment, attitude towards divorce, and romantic relationship
quality. The results also showed that the attitude towards divorce mediated parental
divorce and romantic relationship quality. However, there was no mediating effect of
attitude towards divorce on the relationship between interparental conflict and romantic
relationship quality.
Interparental conflict, parental divorce, parent-child attachment, and attitude towards
divorce contributed (69.0 %) to the quality of the romantic relationship of the young
adults. The main predictor of romantic relationship quality was found to be interparental
conflict. It is important for relevant authorities to come up with relevant awareness and
interventions programs for parents on how to manage their conflict. Furthermore,
parental divorce, attitude towards divorce, and parent-child attachments also need
attention as they are contributing factors to romantic relationship quality among young
adults of Maldives. However, other factors contribute to the quality of the romantic
relationship, that need to be studied in future research. |
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