Abstract

In this research, we have studied the family of origin's lasting effect on the family making of wedded couples. The path model on the influence of the family of origin was established through the retrospection of the stages before and after marriage of 188 newly-wedded couples. The verification of the model shows that the hypothesis holds for both the husband's and wife's lineages. The higher the level of family differentiation before marriage, the less anxiety adult children at the time of marriage feel about being separated from their parents. The anxiety influences the quality of relationship with their parents after marriage, and also the marital intimacy of the wedded couple. On the other hand, the newly-wedded couples' efforts to overcome the psychological discomfort with parents perceived at the time of marriage made better the quality of the relationship with parents and also influenced marital intimacy. The quality of the relationship with the parents were found to be the mediator. This study took effect under the basic assumption that a healthy individual forms a healthy family, a research was carried out to investigate the effect of the family of origin on grown-up sons and daughters. This suggest implies that the progress of one's development and the psychological progress of the family members during the family life cycle should be investigated longitudinally.