Differences Between Attitudes Towards Marriage Among Young Adults With Divorced and Non-Divorced Parents

Abstract

Parental divorce has a various impact for each individuals, especially in young adulthood. Young adults with divorced parents are reported to be having an intimacy and relationship problems, one of them is their attitudes toward marriage. This study is aimed to compare attitudes toward marriage among young adults with divorced and non-divorced parents. This study uses the attitudes toward marriage scale which was arranged by Widodo (2010) based on the tripartite model of attitude by Rosenberg and Hovland. This study involves participant aged 20-30 years old. The total of participants in this study is 179 participants, with 79 participants has divorced parents and 100 participant has non-divorced parents. Mann Whitney U test showed U = 3073, p = 0.011; p < 0.05, which means there is a significant differences between attitudes toward marriage among young adult with divorced and non-divorced parents.