Parental Influences on a Romantic Relationship
How much do our parents influence our romantic relationships? Numerous studies have focused on adolescence into early adulthood on the effect of parents on their offspring’s romantic relationships. Studies of attachment styles, conflict resolution, and divorce of parents, have shown parental effects on adult romantic relationships. So, although we may be adults we are still influenced by our parents due to what we learned from them through social learning, learning how to work through conflict, attachment style, and the transmission of our parent’s relationship success or divorce our parents continue to influence us without even being there.
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Relationship Influence
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The Rhoades et al. 2012 supported the social learning theory which says we learn through observation. Our first observations of how to interact with others and how to resolve conflict generally begin with our parents. Rhoades et al. 2012 studied the effect of parents’ marital relationships on their children’s romantic relationships. They compared relationship commitment, communication abilities, and physical aggressiveness to see if the marital status of their parents had influenced their young adult children’s relationship quality. They also had the participants rate the parent’s relationship model. (Rhoades, Stanley, Markman, & Ragan, 2012) Those participants whose parents were married had a stronger commitment, better communication skills during a conflict, and less physical aggression than the participants whose parents were divorced or never married. It also showed participants whose parents were never married had the poorest relationship commitment, we are less apt to communicate well during a conflict, and we may become more physically aggressive. This shows that the role parents play in their own marriage transfers to their children through social learning which the has an effect on their future romantic
How much do our parents influence our romantic relationships? Numerous studies have focused on adolescence into early adulthood on the effect of parents on their offspring’s romantic relationships. Studies of attachment styles, conflict resolution, and divorce of parents, have shown parental effects on adult romantic relationships. So, although we may be adults we are still influenced by our parents due to what we learned from them through social learning, learning how to work through conflict, attachment style, and the transmission of our parent’s relationship success or divorce our parents continue to influence us without even being there.
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Relationship Influence
The impact our parents have …show more content…
The Rhoades et al. 2012 supported the social learning theory which says we learn through observation. Our first observations of how to interact with others and how to resolve conflict generally begin with our parents. Rhoades et al. 2012 studied the effect of parents’ marital relationships on their children’s romantic relationships. They compared relationship commitment, communication abilities, and physical aggressiveness to see if the marital status of their parents had influenced their young adult children’s relationship quality. They also had the participants rate the parent’s relationship model. (Rhoades, Stanley, Markman, & Ragan, 2012) Those participants whose parents were married had a stronger commitment, better communication skills during a conflict, and less physical aggression than the participants whose parents were divorced or never married. It also showed participants whose parents were never married had the poorest relationship commitment, we are less apt to communicate well during a conflict, and we may become more physically aggressive. This shows that the role parents play in their own marriage transfers to their children through social learning which the has an effect on their future romantic