Sibling Warmth Moderates the Intergenerational Transmission of Romantic Relationship Hostility

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate sibling support as a buffer against the intergenerational transmission of romantic relationship hostility. Background: Parental marital discord in adolescence negatively affects romantic relationships in adulthood. Given that sibling support is linked to positive outcomes in adolescence and adulthood, the current study investigated sibling support as a protective factor against romantic relationship hostility from adolescence to adulthood. Method: Using prospective longitudinal data from a community sample, 351 participants completed home assessments during adolescence (7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grades) and adulthood (M age = 31 years old). Romantic relationship hostility was coded from videotaped observations of participant interparental relations in adolescence and participant behavior toward a romantic partner in adulthood. In addition, the participants reported on the support they

“Never Learned to Love Properly”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Romantic Relationship Experiences in Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents

“…As well as being subjected to abusive and neglectful parenting, the individuals wrote about how they lacked any models of "normal" relationships. There is evidence of intergenerational transmission of hostile relationships via social learning (Kamp Dush et al 2018;Masarik and Rogers 2020), which could be what we saw in our sample. Many discussed how their conflict resolution strategies had not developed because of the poor parental models, leading to unnecessary escalation of arguments.…”