Experiencias e interacciones de la familia de origen y su influencia en las relaciones afectivas de los adultos jóvenes

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the relative influence of interparental conflict and history of attachment on both, young adults´ current attachment mental representations (self-confidence and confidence in others) and current parent-child relationships. Participants were 241 young adults (M age = 21.68 years). Results indicated that young adults from highly-conflicted families report worse relationships with both parents and obtain lower scores on self-confidence than those from low-conflict families. Nevertheless, findings suggest that history of attachment is a better predictor of young adults´ affective relationships. Indeed, those securely attached reported more positive affective elationships. In addition, the lack of significant differences between low- and high-resolved levels of interparental conflict suggests that both are equally positive on young adults´ affective relationships. These results underscore the importance of analyzing history of attachment and of considering conflict resolution when determining the effects of interparental conflict.