| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 諮商與應用心理學系碩士班 === 95 === This paper aims to investigate the relation between “Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems” and “Loneliness” of university students to discover the differences between such relation in sexes, birth order, sibling relationship, living situation and the education backgrounds of parents. A total of 704 college students both in Taichung City and County were invited to participate in this study. “Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales”, “Parent-Adolescent Communication Scales” and “Loneliness Scales” were adopted as the research methods in this study to facilitate the investigation. The results are summarized as below:
1. In the “Son vs. Father” section of parent-adolescent communication, college students of different birth orders have presented discrepancies in the quality of communication with their father. Students having different sibling relationships have also acknowledged discrepancies in the quality of communication with their father. Those having the closest sibling relationships displayed the best communication quality with their father, while a fair communication quality were acknowledged by those having ordinary sibling relationships and the worst result came from those having aloof sibling relationships.
2. In the “Son vs. Mother” section of parent-adolescent communication, students of different sibling relationships have also acknowledged discrepancies in the quality of communication with their mother. Those having the closest sibling relationships presented the best communication quality with their mother, while a fair communication quality were acknowledged by those having ordinary sibling relationships and the worst result came from those having aloof sibling relationships.
3. In family cohesion section, females had stronger senses of family cohesion than males and the first child had stronger senses of family cohesion than the last child. Those who do not have any siblings presented higher family cohesion than those who have experienced aloof sibling relationships. The highest family cohesion came from those who have close sibling relationships, while a fair family cohesion was recognized from those having ordinary sibling relationships and the worst result came from those having aloof sibling relationships. Among the subjects, different education backgrounds of their father and mother also experienced dissimilar senses of family cohesion.
4. In family adaptability, students of different birth order displayed different family adaptability. Students being the only child of their family presented higher family adaptability than those who have experienced aloof sibling relationships. The highest sense of family adaptability came from those whose sibling relationships are intimate, those having ordinary sibling relationships being the second while the lowest outcome was from those having aloof sibling relationships.
5. In Loneliness, different sexes experienced dissimilar loneliness; male students sensed higher loneliness than female ones. Students of discrepant sibling relationships displayed different levels of loneliness. Among which those experiencing aloof sibling relationships had the highest level of loneliness, those having ordinary sibling relationships being the second while the lowest outcome was from those having close sibling relationships.
6. The correlation between Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems and Loneliness: family communication, family cohesion and family adaptability all displayed a negative correlation with loneliness.
7. Prediction of loneliness: “Family communication” is the strongest predicting factor, and then following “Sibling relationship”, “Sex”, “Family cohesion” and “Family adaptability”, accounting 16.4% of the variation of predicable loneliness.
It is hoped that the results of this study would provide the educational and counseling staff with helpful suggestions for further research.
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