Author(s)

Rongrong Huang ^1,2, Elna R. Lopez ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ College of Arts and Sciences, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Batangas City, Philippines
² College of Pharmacy, Anhui Xinhua University, Hefei, Anhui, 230088, China

Corresponding Author

Rongrong Huang

ABSTRACT

In modern society, individuals' emotional health is significantly impacted by the interplay of attachment relationships, self-esteem, and psychological maturity within romantic relationships. The aim of this research is to elucidate the intricate relationships among these three factors, seeking to comprehend their combined influence on the romantic encounters of Chinese college students hailing from single-parent households. A total of 576 valid questionnaires were collected in this study, including 234 from single-parent families. The results showed that the vast majority of the respondents belong to the refusal type of attachment relationship, the medium level of self-esteem and lower level of coping with love stress, caring and interest in love psychological maturity, and their views on love and marriage showed doubts and anxiety about the stability and commitment of love relationship. However, some of them might be able to make more sophisticated personal options due to their individual growth processes which affected the shaping of their perspectives on marriage and love. An intervention program is to improve the psychological maturity in love of single-parent families from the perspective of individual, parents and school.

KEYWORDS

Attachment Relationship, Self-Esteem, Psycological Maturity in Love, Single-Parent Families, College Students

CITE THIS PAPER

Rongrong Huang, Elna R. Lopez, Research on Attachment Relationship, Self-Esteem and Psychological Maturity in Love among Chinese College Students from Single-Parent Families. Applied & Educational Psychology (2024) Vol. 5: 60-68. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2024.050308.

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