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151564 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17739 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2013 viii, 55 p., [11] : ill Masters Thesis Academic theses Text eng Carr, Colleen Wolchik, Sharlene A Doane, Leah Tein, Jenn-Yun Arizona State University Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2013 Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-43) Field of study: Psychology Although social learning and attachment theories suggest that parent-adolescent relationships influence adult romantic relationships, research on this topic is limited. Most research examining relations between mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationship quality and young adult romantic relationship quality has found significant effects of mother-adolescent relationship quality. Findings on fathers have been less consistent. These relations have not been examined among youth who experienced parental divorce, which often negatively impacts parent-child relationships and romantic outcomes. Further, no prior studies examined interactive effects of mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationship quality on romantic attachment. The current study used longitudinal data from the control group of a randomized controlled trial of a preventative intervention for divorced families to examine unique and interactive effects of mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationship quality on young adult romantic attachment. The 72 participants completed measures of mother-adolescent relationship quality and father-adolescent relationship quality during adolescence (ages 15-19), and completed a measure of romantic attachment (anxiety and avoidance) during young adulthood (ages 24-28). Findings revealed significant interactive effects of mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationship quality on young adult romantic anxiety. The pattern of results suggests that having a high quality relationship with one's father can protect children from negative effects of having a low quality relationship with one's mother on romantic anxiety. These results suggest the importance of examining effects of one parent-adolescent relationship on YA romantic attachment in the context of the other parent-adolescent relationship. Exploratory analyses of gender revealed that father-adolescent relationship quality significantly interacted with gender to predict romantic avoidance; this relation was stronger for males. These results suggest that nonresidential fathers play an important role in adolescents' working models of relationships and their subsequent romantic attachment. Clinical Psychology Individual & Family Studies Children of divorced parents Parent and teenager Interpersonal relations in adolescence Teenagers--Family relationships. Mother-adolescent and father-adolescent relationship quality after divorce: relations with young adult romantic attachment