Psychosocial Determinants of Romantic Inclination Among Indian Youth

Q2 Social Sciences

Interpersona Pub Date : 2017-10-20 DOI:10.5964/IJPR.V11I1.213

D. B. Ganth, S. Kadhiravan

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Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of understanding the psychosocial determinants of romantic inclination among youth in India. We involved 779 student participants from a large central university in south India in the age range of 18-24 years. The participants filled measures on romantic inclination, personality, attachment style, interpersonal attraction, and social influence on romantic relationship in addition to a questionnaire on demographic information and relationship history. Analysis of the data revealed that males showed higher level of romantic inclination than females. Those who had current/past involvement in a romantic relationship (Lovers) showed higher levels of romantic inclination than those who had never involved in a romantic relationship (Non-lovers). Parents’ type of marriage (Love/arranged), close fiends’ involvement in romantic relationship too had a discriminatory role in romantic inclination. Romantic inclination was significantly related to personality factors, attachment style, media and peer influences on romantic relationships and interpersonal attraction. Extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, media influence, peer influence, secure attachment and physical attraction emerged as significant predictors of romantic inclination in a regression model. Structural Equations Modeling (SEM) indicated that personality, attachment style and interpersonal attraction had a significant influence on romantic inclination mediated by both media and peer influences. Romantic inclination in turn significantly predicted romantic relationship status.

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印度青年浪漫倾向的社会心理决定因素

本研究的目的是了解印度青年浪漫倾向的社会心理决定因素。我们研究了779名来自印度南部一所大型中央大学的学生，年龄在18-24岁之间。参与者填写了关于浪漫倾向、个性、依恋类型、人际吸引力和对浪漫关系的社会影响的问卷，以及关于人口统计信息和关系历史的问卷。对数据的分析显示，男性比女性表现出更高的浪漫倾向。那些目前或过去有过恋爱关系的人(恋人)比那些从未有过恋爱关系的人(非恋人)表现出更高的浪漫倾向。父母的婚姻类型(爱情/包办婚姻)，亲密朋友的恋爱关系也对浪漫倾向起着歧视性作用。恋爱倾向与人格因素、依恋类型、媒介和同伴对恋爱关系和人际吸引的影响显著相关。在回归模型中，外向性、经验开放性、宜人性、媒体影响、同伴影响、安全依恋和身体吸引力成为浪漫倾向的重要预测因素。结构方程模型(SEM)表明，人格、依恋类型和人际吸引力在媒介和同伴影响的中介作用下对浪漫倾向有显著影响。浪漫倾向反过来又显著地预测了恋爱关系的状态。

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Interpersona Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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1.00

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38 weeks

期刊介绍： 1) Interpersona aims at promoting scholarship in the field of interpersonal relationships based on different methodologies and stemming from several disciplines, including Psychology, Family Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Studies, Economics, Management Science, Biology, Health Sciences, History, and others. Interpersona aims at contributing to the collective construction of an Interpersonal Relationship Science. 2) Manuscripts examining a wide range of relationships, including close or intimate relationships and weak or temporary ties, are welcome. Some examples are indicated below: Biology - Biological foundations of human relationships: physiological and neurobiological phenomena related to interpersonal interactions. The evolutionary foundations of interpersonal relationships including comparative and animal studies of social interactions. Psychology and Family Studies: close or intimate relations including romantic relationships, family relationships and friendship. Family relationships encompass spouses, parents and children, siblings, and other relations among nuclear and extended family members.[...] 3) In addition to original empirical (qualitative or quantitative) research, theoretical or methodological contributions, integrative reviews, meta-analyses, comparative or historical studies, and critical assessments of the status of the field are welcome as submissions. 4) Interpersona is a totally free access journal and readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles without any charge. All papers are peer-reviewed by members of the editorial board or ad-hoc reviewers under the supervision of an editor. [...] 5) All Interpersona content is available in full text with no charge. All submitted papers are reviewed by at least two referees before being accepted for publication.