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Parental Divorce and Maldivian Young Adult Student’s Romantic Relationship Quality: Indirect Pathways through Attitude towards Divorce

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This study aimed to identify the mediating roles of attitude towards divorce on the relationship between parental divorce and romantic relationship quality of young adult student's.A total of 463 Maldivian undergraduate students participated as respondents.They were in a romantic relationship, ages 18 to 25.Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire.Relationship quality were measured using relationship quality component inventory and attitudes towards divorce were measured using attitudes towards divorce scale.Data was analyzed using the PLS-SEM technique.Results revealed that parental divorce was associate with low romantic relationship quality through favorable attitude towards divorce.This will be helpful for professionals as it can be used to identify specific preventive measures to reduce the negative impact of parental divorce.The future study suggest incorporating a larger sample with participants that are more representative of the general population in terms of gender and working population.

Source: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

DOI: 10.6007/ijarbss/v11-i19/11720

Authors: Aishath Shanoora, Hanina H. Hamsan, Haslinda Abdullah, Azlina Mohd. Khir

Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4200216079

FWCI: 0.346

Cites: 36

Cited by: 1

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