title: Recollections of parent characteristics and attachment patterns for college women of intact vs. non-intact families.
abstract: This study contrasted offsprings' attachment patterns and recollections of parent characteristics in two college samples: 147 females from intact biological parents and 157 females of parental divorce. Secure females from intact or non-intact families rated parents positively, while insecure females rated parents as absent, distant, and demanding. In contrast to females from intact families, females of parental divorce reported a less secure attachment, lower self-esteem, a greater fearful avoidance pattern, and rated their biological fathers and mothers more negatively.
authors.affiliation: University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA. Kilmann@sc.edu
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kilmann
authors.forename: Laura V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Carranza
authors.forename: Jennifer M C
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vendemia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011939:Mental Recall; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D020954:Single-Parent Family / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities