Abstract

DURAN, ALICIA DEL SOCORRO; MEDINA, ARGELIA; GONZALEZ, NHORA ISABEL  and  ROLON, ISMAEL. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXPERIENCE OF GOING THROUGH PARENT’S SEPARATION/DIVORCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIFE PROJECTS IN COLLEGE STUDENTS. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2007, vol.6, n.3, pp.713-725. ISSN 1657-9267.

This project tries to identify possible relationships between continuation of the parents’ couple relationship or the experience of living a parental divorce, and the definition of professional goals and establishment of couple relationships in two groups of college students. The information was gathered using a demographic survey, two questionnaires and in-depth interviews. Results indicate that parental divorce is a difficult and painful event. Only children of parents that are together have negative ideas about divorce. Parents divorce affects neither career election nor professional plans, given that parents respect and support children’s decisions. All students have had significant couple relationships and have long term plans to form a couple and raise a family, after the satisfaction of economic and academic goals.

Keywords : parental separation/divorce; couple relationships; personal projects/goals; professional goals; life projects; college students; students; family relations; spouses - psychology; divorce - psychology.

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