Abstract
The purposes of the present study were to develop a measure of late adolescent women's perception of interparental commitment, and to examine the relation of interparental conflict and anxiety in those young women. The Children's Perception of Interparental Commitment Scale was completed by 136 women (mean age, 20.4; SD, 1.25). Factor analysis yielded 4 factors:“whole acceptance of being/one and only”“social pressure/powerlessness,”“idea of permanence/group orientation,” and “material dependence/efficiency.” A low score on “whole acceptance of being/one and only” and a high score on “social pressure/powerlessness” were related to anxiety. Among the young women who lived with their parents, anxiety was closely related to interparental commitment. The relation between interparental conflict resolution and anxiety differed slightly, depending on the women's type of commitment to marriage.
