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Research shows how your mother affects your relationships

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Wed, 14 Nov 2018, 1:36PM
If your mother commits to a long term relationship, her children will follow. (Photo / Getty)

Research shows how your mother affects your relationships

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Wed, 14 Nov 2018, 1:36PM

A new study has found that children are likely to follow their mother’s example when it comes to relationships.

The largest ever study of its kinds found that people who enter long term relationships are likely to have had mothers who did the same, while children of women who had multiple partners followed their example.  

The research by the University of Ohio, conducted over 24 years and involving 7,000 people, was unable to find any scientific reason for why children behave in this way.

Previous research has found that the children of divorcees are likely to divorce themselves.

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