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http://dx.doi.org/10.7466/JKHMA.2016.34.5.135

The Effects of College Students' Sociotropy and Ambivalence over Emotional Expressiveness on Interpersonal Problems  

Park, Jiae (Dept. of Child Development, Ewha Womans University)
Han, Sae-Young (Dept. of Child Development, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of Families and Better Life / v.34, no.5, 2016 , pp. 135-150 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of sociotropy, as perceived by college students, and ambivalence over emotional expressiveness on their interpersonal problems. A total of 248 college students (127 males and 121 females) living in Seoul and Gyonggi responded to questionnaires, which included items related to sociotropy, ambivalence over emotional expressiveness, and interpersonal problem. First, college students' sociotropy was correlated with ambivalence over emotional expressiveness and interpersonal problems. It was suggested that people with high level of sociotropy experienced more emotional expressive conflict and interpersonal problems than people with low level of sociotropy. Second, male and female college students' ambivalence over emotional expressiveness partially mediated the relation between sociotropy and move toward other people, one of the interpersonal problem's subtypes. Male college students' ambivalence over emotional expressiveness has fully mediated the relation between sociotropy and move against other people, one of the interpersonal problem's subtypes. And female college students' ambivalence over emotional expressiveness has fully mediated the relation between sociotropy and move away from other people, one of the interpersonal problem's subtypes. According to gender difference, different interpersonal problems appeared. This study's results may provide some important suggestions for interpersonal problems in college students by increasing understanding of multiple dimensions according to their internal tendency and emotional expressiveness.
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sociotropy; ambivalence over emotional expressiveness; interpersonal problem; college students;
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