The relationships among attachment toward parental attachment, public self-consciousness, and solitude experience among male and female young adult

• Main Authors: Hsin-Chieh Li, 李欣潔
• Other Authors: Ying-Fen Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13194533245936988254

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 諮商與應用心理學系碩士班 === 102 === The purpose of this present study was to examine the relationships among attachment toward parental attachment, public self-consciousness, and solitude experience among male and female young adult. Convenience sampling was used in the study. A sample of 412 youth adults was recruited through personal connection. There were consisted of 147 male and 265 female. The measurements adopted in this study included the Scale of Relationships Structures Questionnaire-Chinese, the Scale of Self-Consciousness Scale, and the Scale of Solitude Experience. The data were analyzed by applying descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson product moment correlation analysis and structural equation modeling. The findings of this study were summarized as follow: 1. There existed significant gender differences on levels of public self-consciousness and positive experience of solitude experience. Specifically, female youth adults reported higher levels of public self-consciousness and positive experience of solitude than male participants did. 2. There were significant age differences on public self-consciousness and negative affective of solitude experience. Specifically, the 21-25 age group reported the highest levels of public self-consciousness than other age groups, and the 26-30 age group reported higher levels than the 36-45 age group. On the other hand, the 21-25 age group reported higher levels of negative affective of solitude experience than the 26-35 age group and the 41-45 age group. 3. There existed significant correlations between attachment anxiety and negative affective of solitude experience, as well as between public self-consciousness and negative affective of solitude experience. Moreover, the correlation coefficient between attachment anxiety and public self-consciousness were significant for male young adults but not for female participants. 4. Public self-consciousness significantly mediated the link between attachment and negative affective of solitude experience. Moreover, public self-consciousness non-significantly mediated the link between attachment and positive experience of solitude experience. According to above findings, comments and suggestions are offered to researchers and counselors.