| Abstract: | This study aims to find out the differences of family system differentiation, intimate relationship satisfaction and breakup adjustment from college students of different background variables. It also intends to investigate the correlations between family system differentiation, intimate relationship satisfaction and breakup adjustment, as well as to try to understand if their breakup adjustment can be predicted by their family system differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction. This study uses internet survey and collects 251 samples from research participants.
Research instruments include Personal Information From, Differentiation in the Family System Scale (DIFS), Intimate Relationship Satisfaction Scale, and Coping to Dissolution Scale(CDS).The collected data were analyzed with one-way ANOVA, one-way MANOVA, Pearson correlation, stepwise regression, and hierarchical regression. The research findings are as follows:
1.In the scores of family system differentiation: There is no significant difference in gender and breakup experiences. Nonetheless, there is a significant difference in their parents' marital status.
2.In the scores of intimate relationship satisfaction: There is no significant difference in their parents' marital status, breakup experiences, and alternative dating person. Nonetheless, there are significant differences in gender, relationship duration, and breakup styles.
3.In the scores of breakup adjustment: There is no significant difference in their parents' marital status, breakup experiences, relationship duration, and alternative dating person. Nonetheless, there are significant differences in gender and breakup styles.
4.The research outcomes indicate the positive correlation between family system differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction, and partial positive correlation between family system differentiation and breakup adjustment. However, there is no specific correlation between intimate relationship satisfaction and breakup adjustment.
5.After the stepwise regression analysis, the research results point out that family system differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction can predict breakup adjustment effectively. For male college students, father-child subsystem differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction are the best predictive variables. For female college students, the four subsystem differentiation and intimate relationship satisfaction are equally distributed.
6.Intimate relationship satisfaction had partial mediating effect on the relationship between family system differentiation and breakup adjustment. |
