Title

Family Structure And Music As A Model Of Dyadic Behavior

Keywords

intact families; lyrical content; sexual behaviors

Abstract

The current study theorized that adult children from noncontinuously intact family structures seek models of dyadic behaviors outside of their home because their family structure lacks the necessary context from which to learn how to behave in a romantic relationship. The present research tested this prediction in two studies. Study 1 surveyed 366 college students from a midwestern university, and Study 2 surveyed 729 college students from a diverse southeastern university. In both studies, participants from noncontinuously intact homes reported risky sexual behaviors, and sexual lyrical content in popular music was able to partially explain the sexual behaviors of participants from divorced, reconstituted families, and never married homes. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

6-1-2013

Publication Title

Marriage and Family Review

Volume

49

Issue

4

Number of Pages

309-329

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2012.762447

Socpus ID

84876156753 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84876156753

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