His or Her Parents? Perceived Parental Approval of Romantic Relationships Among College Students and Their Partners

Using social capital theory, this study of 194 dating couples examined the connection between parents’ approval of the dating relationship (reported by each couple member for his/her own parents and the partner’s parents) and participants’ relationship distress. The Actor-Partner-Interdependence Mod...

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Main Authors: Kyung-Hee Lee, Andrea V. R. Swenson, Sylvia Niehuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen 2010-12-01
Series:Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Online Access:http://agnaldogarcia.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/04_paper.pdf