Soni Kewalramani and Sneha Hazra
Amity University, Uttar Pradesh
Marital Attitudes and Expectations refer to an individual’s thoughts, beliefs and approach
towards the institution of marriage and relevant anticipations regarding the characteristics
of one’s own marital relationship. Adverse Childhood Experience insinuates one’s
exposure to intensive and habitual toxic stress or traumatic events before the age of 18
years. Family Relationship pertains to the degree of connectedness among the members
in a household. The present paper aimed to analyse the association of exposure to
adverse childhood experiences and the aspects of present family relationship (i.e.,
cohesiveness, expressiveness and conflict) with marital attitudes and expectations in
Indian young adults
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