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Young romance in China: Effects of family, attachment, relationship confidence, and problem solving
Author(s) -
DEITZ SHARON L.,
ANDERSON JARED R.,
JOHNSON MATTHEW D.,
HARDY NATHAN R.,
ZHENG FUMING,
LIU WENLI
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/pere.12077
Subject(s) - conger , psychology , moderation , romance , structural equation modeling , developmental psychology , interpersonal communication , attachment theory , interpersonal relationship , loyalty , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , fishery , political science , psychoanalysis , law , biology
Guided by the development of early adult romantic relationships ( DEARR ) model (Bryant & Conger, 2002), this study sought to examine associations between family dysfunction and relationship satisfaction via the mechanisms of anxious and avoidant attachment, relationship confidence, and problem solving in a sample of Chinese young adults ( N = 189). Structural equation model results and bootstrap tests of indirect effects indicated several indirect pathways from family dysfunction to relationship satisfaction for Chinese young adults. Follow‐up moderation analyses suggest that men's relationship satisfaction is more intrapersonally driven whereas women's satisfaction is largely determined by interpersonal interaction. The present results provide additional support for the cross‐cultural applicability of DEARR model. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future exploration are discussed.