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The intergenerational transmission of partnering.
Claire M Kamp Dush1, Rachel Arocho2, Sara Mernitz3
1Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
Plos One
|November 14, 2018
Summary
Mothers with more partners tend to have children with more partners, suggesting intergenerational transmission. This may be linked to relationship skills, not just family instability.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Family Studies
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Rising divorce and cohabitation dissolution rates in the US have led to increased partner changes within families.
- Sociologists describe this phenomenon as a 'merry-go-round of partners,' indicating a complex family dynamic.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the potential intergenerational transmission of partnering patterns.
- To explore mechanisms underlying this transmission, including economic hardship, relationship skills, and commitment.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child and Young Adult (NLSY79 CYA) and their mothers (NLSY79).
- Examined intergenerational partnering (marital and cohabiting unions) using prospective measures of family/economic instability and sibling data.
- Employed hybrid sibling Poisson regression models to analyze sibling differences in exposure to maternal partners.
Main Results:
- Maternal number of partners was positively associated with offspring's number of partners, even after controlling for maternal demographics and socioeconomic factors.
- Sibling analyses revealed no significant differences based on differential experiences of maternal partners within families.
- Findings suggest that the transmission of poor marriageable characteristics and relationship skills may be a key mechanism.
Conclusions:
- The number of partners can be transmitted across generations.
- Transmission appears less related to direct exposure to maternal partners and more associated with inherited relationship dynamics.
- Further research into the role of relationship skills and characteristics in intergenerational partnering is warranted.
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