The Effect of Adult Attachment Types, Gender Role Attitude on the Heterosexual Relationship Satisfaction in University Students
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Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine adult attachment types, gender role attitudes and heterosexual relationship satisfaction of college students and to examine how they affect satisfaction with heterosexual relationships.
ethods/Statistical Analysis: This study is a descriptive correlation study to investigate the degree of adult attachment type, gender role attitude, and heterosexual relationship satisfaction of college students. The data were collected by 183. college students located in S, G and C province who agreed to participate in this study. The collected data were analyzed by frequency and percentage, mean and standard deviation, Pearson correlation and multiple regression.
Findings: The results of this study were as followings: Male 29.8% female 70.2%, mean age 24.8 years. There was a statistically significant negative correlation (r = -0.622, p <.01) in satisfaction with heterosexual relationship and adult attachment, and significant positive correlation (r = 0.236, p <.01) between heterosexual satisfaction and gender role attitude. The worse the attachment anxiety, the worse the heterosexual relationship satisfaction (B= -.528, p<.001), the worse the attachment avoidance, the lower the Heterosexual relationship satisfaction (B= -.632, p<.001). On the other hand, the more classical the gender role attitude, the more likely the Heterosexual relationship satisfaction is fall (B= -.412, p=.001).
Improvements/Applications: Therefore, it is necessary for a university student to develop a program that can identify his or her attachment type and actively cope with this relationship.
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