Childhood ties may predict love life success, study finds
NCT ID NCT01866852
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 12 times
Summary
This study looks at how early childhood relationships with caregivers affect the ability to form healthy, stable romantic partnerships in young adulthood. Researchers are following up with participants from a previous child development study, now aged 18 and older, who live with a partner. Both the original participants and their significant others fill out online questionnaires about their relationship quality and other personal connections.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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259 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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May 2013
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Original child (now adult) study participants from protocol 88-CH-0032 and their significant others will be included in the new study. Only participants who are living together with a partner will be studied.
- Ages
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18 to 30 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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* INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Among the young adult target children from study 88-CH-32 (N = 250), those with significant others are eligible to participate in this study, as are their significant others. However if a target child s significant other is a minor (i.e., under the age of 18), that significant other will not be eligible to participate.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 9000 Rockville
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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