Psychosocial determinants of romantic inclination among Indian youth
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Ganth, D. Barani
Kadhiravan, S.
Abstract / Description
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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romantic relationship romantic inclination social influence on romantic relationship structural equations modellingPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2017-10-20
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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11
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1
Page numbers
22–39
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PsychOpen GOLD
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Ganth, D. B., & Kadhiravan, S. (2017). Psychosocial determinants of romantic inclination among Indian youth. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 11(1), 22–39. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v11i1.213
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Ganth, D. Barani
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Kadhiravan, S.
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Date of first publication2017-10-20
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Abstract / DescriptionThe 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.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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CitationGanth, D. B., & Kadhiravan, S. (2017). Psychosocial determinants of romantic inclination among Indian youth. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 11(1), 22–39. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v11i1.213en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1757
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2123
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v11i1.213
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Keyword(s)romantic relationshipen_US
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Keyword(s)romantic inclinationen_US
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Keyword(s)social influence on romantic relationshipen_US
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Keyword(s)structural equations modellingen_US
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TitlePsychosocial determinants of romantic inclination among Indian youthen_US
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Issue1
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers22–39
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Volume11
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