The Influence of Parent-Child Intimacy, Rejection Sensitivity, and Empathy on Dating Relationship Control in Women College Students
AUTHORS
Sunghee Lee,Professor, College of Nursing, The Research Institute of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, 680, Gukchaebosang-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 41944, KOREA
Seolhee Son,Graduate Student, Graduate School of Nursing, Kyungpook National University, 680, Gukchaebosang-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 41944, KOREA
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to identify the influence of parent-child intimacy, rejection sensitivity, and empathy on dating relationship control of female students. The data were collected from June to July 2016 through structured questionnaires from 116 female college students recruited through liberal arts classes in four universities located in D metropolitan city. The collected data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 21 program. Stepwise multiple regression was carried out to identify the influence of parent-child intimacy, rejection sensitivity, and empathy on dating relationship control in female college students. It was found that rejection sensitivity (β=-.210, p=.003) and emotional empathy (β=.261, p=.008) were some of the factors influencing dating relational control among female college students. These variables explained 10.0% of the variance in dating relational control (F=5.244, p=.002). Female college students had a greater control over dating relationship when they had high emotional empathy and low rejection sensitivity.
KEYWORDS
Control, Dating, Empathy, Relationship, Rejection
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