The thesis deals with the relations between perceived
interparental conflict and fear of intimacy and loneliness of
children at the age of 18 and 19. It also deals with the
relations between perceived interparental conflict and the
quality of relationship with parents. In the theoretical part,
perceived interparental conflict was identified from the
perspective of three basic theoretical concepts -
cognitive-contextual framework, theory of emotional security
and specific emotion model. Also the theoretical concepts
dealing with the relations between parental discord and
parent-child relationship were discussed (spillover hypothesis,
compensatory hypothesis). Subsequently, the problem of romantic
relationships in late adolescence was identified with an
emphasis on attachement with parents. At the end of this part,
empirical findings about relation between marital discord and
romantic relationship are discussed. In the empirical study the
following methods were used: IPPA (The Inventory of Parent and
Peer Attachment), CPIC (Children‘s Perception of Interparental
Conflict Scale), UCLA LS (Scale of loneliness) and FIS (Fear of
intimacy scale). In the correlation study significant
associations between trust, alienation and communication in
parent-child relationship with loneliness were found out, in
relation to the level of fear of intimacy was found weaker
relationship. Subsequently, the significant relationship
between the level of perceived threat of parental conflict and
alienation in parent-child relationship was found out.
Similarly results were found between perceived threat of
parental conflict and trust between parents and adolescents. It
was also found that fear of intimacy and loneliness were
significantly related to the level of perceived threat of
marital discord, which is consistent with mentioned theories
and findings. The relationship between characteristics of
marital discord and loneliness was rather weak and the
relationship between characteristics of conflict and the level
of fear of intimacy was not statistically significant. It was
also proved that security in relationship with parents can work
as a mediator of the relation between the perceived threat of
interparental conflict and the loneliness. For fear of
intimacy, this relationship was not confirmed.
The results of this study are compared with presented theories
and empirical findings. Furthermore, the limitations of the
study are mentioned and in conclusion new topics for another
research are suggested.