Abstract
This was a correlational study examining family size, quality of parent- adult child
relationships, attachment, general health and life satisfaction. A convenience sample of 107
participants was used, 37 males and 70 females ranging from 18 to 61 years. Participants
voluntarily completed a demographics questionnaire including age, sex and the number of
siblings in their family, a one item scale rating the quality of relations between adult- child
and parents (Ward, Spitze & Deane, 2009), The General Health questionnaire (Goldberg,
1992), Relationship Scales questionnaire (Griffin & Bartholomew, 1994) and The
Satisfaction with life scale (Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985). It was found that
higher scores on dismissive and fearful attachment subscales were associated with lower
quality parent- adult child relations. Satisfaction with life was also positively associated with
quality of parent- adult child relations. Author keywords: family relations, attachment, general health, satisfaction
