Family environment and attributions among adult children of intact and nonintact families

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The purpose of this study was to clarify whether individuals who come from nonintact families perceive the quality of their family functioning to be lower than individuals from intact families. Differences in perceptions in the areas of attributions, intimacy, and coping processes were also examined. This study also explored whether family structure alone (intact versus nonintact) influences an individual's family functioning, attributional processes, coping skills, and level of intimacy. A total of 144 (109 females and 35 males) undergraduates from a Midwestern University participated in this study. Ninety-nine of the subjects reported that they came from an intact family while 45 identified as coming from a nonintact family. The majority of the sample was Caucasian (91%). Based on an extensive literature review, the use of attribution theory in the field of parental divorce was found to be nonexistent. Therefore, three types of attributions (i.e., locus, stability, globality) were ap

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