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A Study of the Effects of Family Function and the Self-differentiation of Individuals in Early Adulthood upon the Consciousness of Cohabitation before Marriage
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects that personal and familial factors have on the consciousness ofcohabitation before marriage as it pertains to individuals in early adulthood amongst college students. Toinvestigate the research questions posed by this study, 370 college students attending K University in Jeollabuk-dowere surveyed and the collected data was analyzed statistically. The main results are as follows. First, it revealedthat the college students were more permissive in their attitudes to the notion of cohabitation before marriage a).if they had previous experiences having fallen into love and had previous sexual experience, b). if they had theacquaintances who were living together before marriage, c). if they had previously lived away from family for asignificant period, d). if they graduated from a coeducational or men's high schools. Additionally, college studentswere more permissive in their attitudes to the notion of cohabitation before marriage if they had already cut theiremotional ties from their family in terms of self-differentiation and they experienced democratic child-rearingfrom their parents. Secondly, the consciousness of college students to cohabitation before marriage was explainedby them having emotionally cut ties with their family, had previous experiences of sex, experienced democraticchild-rearing from their parents. The question of gender also impacted upon attitudes. College students was morepermissive in their attitudes to the notion of cohabitation before marriage if they were male students, and hadexperienced emotionally cutting ties with their parents, and if they had experienced sex before marriage, and ifthey were brought up in a democratic atmosphere. In short, it is possible to argue that the self-differentiation andfamily function of college students had a meaningful and significant effect partially due to their permissiveness tocohabitation before marriage. The implications of this study were also discussed.