The hypothesis is simply that the more one has shared their room while growing up, the more likely they will be to have a stable adult relationships. The thinking behind this is, when married or cohabiting you have to share intimate space, like your bedroom, bathroom, closet and so on. The same is true if you share a bedroom with a sibling, you are sharing intimate space with a person who one will have to negotiate with to get sleep, to have time alone in the room, etc.
However, after some thought and discussion with friends, there are some factors to consider:
- At what ages is there more of a positive relationship between sharing a bedroom and relational stability?
- Are there any ages where there is a negative relationship? Such as, if one never shared there room until 15, would this prove to be a shock and therefore influence latter bedroom sharing.
- Does sharing a room lead to different forms of relationships, instead of traditional marriage, like cohabiting, never settling down, etc.? Since one shared a room throughout childhood and adolescents would they be more likely to reject sharing a room.
- Or the vice versa, does not sharing a room lead to different forms of relationships besides traditional marriage.
- In the case of many immigrant families, does sharing a room with parents play a role. Or how about when parents cuddle their infant and toddler to sleep, does this have an impact as well?
I am sure this list could go on, and it has gone on in many of my conversations. Nonetheless, this is another one of my questions that I have had, that I would love to do research on, one day.
