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Abstract: Children’s first experiences with relationships of any kind are with their parents, so they learn and establish their idea of what a healthy relationship with others looks like based off of the relationship they form with them. Unstable parent-child relationships lead to varying levels of instability in the child’s romantic relationships, and overall mental health and social stability, as an adult. The purpose of this study is to uncover whether or not individuals with higher levels of intimacy with their parents during their adolescence feel secure enough in their romantic relationships as an adult to commit to their partner in marriage. Analysis from the fourth wave of the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health) indicates that there is a significant positive correlation between the proximity one feels to their parents and their level of commitment to their partner. The closer one felt to their parents as a child, the more likely they were to commit to their significant other in marriage than they were if they hadn’t had a high level of parental proximity.
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