The study found that the women with married biological parents had a higher self-regard and greater trust of others than the women with divorced parents. They also rated their biological fathers and mothers more positively than did the women with divorced parents; however, regardless of the marital status of biological parents, women who had higher self-esteem and a greater trust of others rated their parents more positively than women with low self-esteem and a mistrust of others. The latter women tended to view their parents as absent, distant, and demanding. The sample of college women with married parents was taken from a study by Carranza and Kilmann (2000), and the sample of women with divorced parents was taken from a study by Carranza et al. (2005). Both samples were recruited within 1 year apart from a participant pool at a large southeastern university. The women in both samples had similar demographics, except that the sample with divorced parents had a higher percentage of African-American women and a lower percentage of White women. All the women were administered the Relationship Scales Questionnaire, which indirectly measures four attachments patterns: secure, fearful-avoidant, preoccupied, and dismissive avoidant. Other instruments administered to the women were the Parenting Characteristics Questionnaire, which measures adult recollections of parent-child interactions, and the Interpersonal Trust Scale, which measures trust in peers and family members as well as person with whom one has little direct contact. 3 tables, 2 figures, and 41 references