A Study on the Relationship between Attachment and Subjective Well-Being: Focusing on Mediating Effects of Interpersonal Relationship |
Young jin Oh1, Bong sun Park2 |
1Department of Social Welfare, Kundong Univesity 2Cheongju Community Social Welfare Center |
Corresponding Author:
Young jin Oh ,Tel: +82-54-820-8163, Fax: +82-54-822-7709, Email: kundong163@kundong.ac.kr |
Received: October 4, 2011; Revised: October 6, 2011 Accepted: November 10, 2011. |
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ABSTRACT |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of interpersonal relationship on the relationship between attachment and subjective well-being of university students. We conducted a survey on 336 university students in Andong-si and Cheongju-si. The data were analyzed by Pearson's productive correlation, hierarchical regression analysis and Sobel test. The results were as follows: First, affective well-being made an effect by avoidant attachment and anxiety attachment, and was more affected by interpersonal relationship than anxiety attachment including mediating variable of interpersonal relationship. Second, there was a significant effect in cognitive well-being only by anxiety attachment. Including mediating variables of interpersonal relationship, cognitive well-being affected by interpersonal relationship only. Third, interpersonal relationship mediated partially the relationship between attachment and affective well-being, and perfectly between attachment and cognitive well-being. |
Keywords:
attachment, interpersonal relationship, subjective well-being |
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