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Abstract
Using a national, longitudinal data set that includes information from men, women, and their adult offspring, this paper addresses two questions: (1) How do young adults' own relationship experiences influence their views of divorce? (2) Do young adults' relationship experiences reduce the influence of parents' attitudes toward divorce on offsprings' attitudes? Results indicate that young adults' experiences with cohabitation, marriage, divorce proneness, and separation do influence their views of divorce. However, the effect of cohabitation and marriage depend on gender. Furthermore, controlling for offsprings' relationship experiences does little to reduce the effect of parents' attitudes on young adults' views of divorce.