Parental Divorce and Premarital Couples: Commitment and Other Relationship Characteristics

By Susan E. Jacquet, Catherine A. Surra. 2001

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Understanding and Altering the Longitudinal Course of Marriage (2004, background): “On the former point, Jacquet and Surra (2001) have shown that, in a sample of 232 couples in which neither partner had ever been married, women from divorced families reported more ambivalence and conflict in their current relationships, as well as less trust and satisfaction, compared with women…”
Emerging Adulthood as a Critical Stage in the Life Course (2018, background): “Parental divorce may influence the emerging adults’ ability to form stable romantic relationships and their decision to marry early or may undermine the emerging adult’s financial ability to attend college (Jacquet and Surra 2001, Cherlin et al. 1998).”
The differential effects of parental divorce and marital conflict on young adult romantic relationships (2010, background): “…whose parents had interpersonal behavior problems exhibited more problems themselves (e.g., frequent criticizing and showing anger easily), which in turn, increased the odds that their marriages or relationships ended (Amato, 1996; Caspi & Elder, 1988; Jacquet & Surra, 2001; Sanders et al., 1999).”