未婚單身者孤寂感、社會支持與單身恐懼之相關研究

本研究旨在探討未婚單身者孤寂感、社會支持與單身恐懼之現況與關聯性，以及不同背景變項的未婚單身者在孤寂感、社會支持與單身恐懼之差異情形。本研究採用問卷調查法，以國內20-65歲之未婚單身者為研究對象，共得746份有效樣本，研究工具包含「孤寂感量表」、「社會支持量表」與「單身恐懼量表」。調查所得資料以描述性統計、獨立樣本t檢定、單因子變異數分析、皮爾森積差相關與逐步多元迴歸分析等方式進行資料分析，研究結果如下: 一、目前國內未婚單身者孤寂感、社會支持與單身恐懼現況為中等程度。二、不同生理性別之未婚單身者在孤寂感、社會支持與單身恐懼均有顯著差異。孤寂感與單身恐懼方面，男性感受程度高於女性；社會支持方面，女性優於男性。三、不同年齡的未婚單身者其孤寂感與社會支持有顯著差異。四、不同性傾向的未婚單身者其孤寂感、社會支持與單身恐懼皆有顯著差異。五、不同感情狀態的未婚單身者其孤寂感、社會支持有顯著差異。六、不同結婚意圖的未婚單身者其孤寂感、社會支持與單身恐懼皆有顯著差異。七、不同性傾向的男性女性未婚單身者在單身恐懼有顯著差異。八、未婚單身者孤寂感與單身恐懼達呈現顯著正相關。九、未婚單身者社會支持與單身恐懼呈現顯著負相關。十、未婚單身者孤寂感與社會支持對單身恐懼具有部分預測力。根據上述研究結果，本研究提出具體建議，提供未婚單身族群、實務工作者與未來研究者作為參考。

關鍵字

未婚單身者；孤寂感；社會支持；單身恐懼

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to examine the current status and association of loneliness, social support and fear of being single among never-married individuals, and the differences in loneliness, social support and fear of being single among never-married individuals with different background variables. A total of 746 valid samples were collected from never-married individuals aged 20-65 years old in Taiwan using the Loneliness Scale, Social Support Scale and Fear of Being Single Scale. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, independent sample t- testing, one-way ANOVA, the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The major findings of this study were listed as follows: 1. Currently, never-married individuals in Taiwan possess a medium level of loneliness, social support, and fear of being single. 2. There were significant differences in loneliness, social support and fear of being single among never-married individuals of different genders. In terms of loneliness and fear of being single, men felt more intense than women; in terms of social support, women were better than men. 3. There were significant differences in loneliness and social support among never-married individuals of different ages. 4. There were significant differences in loneliness, social support and fear of being single among never-married individuals of different sexual orientations. 5. There were significant differences in loneliness and social support among never-married individuals with different relationship statuses. 6. There were significant differences in loneliness, social support and fear of being single among never-married individuals of different marriage intentions. 7. There were significant differences in fear of being single among unmarried single men and women of different sexual orientation. 8. Never-married individuals showed a positive correlation between loneliness and fear of being single. 9. Never-married individuals showed a negative correlation between social support and fear of being single. 10. The loneliness and social support of never-married individuals are partially predictive of fear of being single. Based on the above findings, this study proposes specific recommendations for the reference to never-married individuals, practitioners and future researchers.

並列關鍵字

never-married individuals ； loneliness ； social support ； fear of being single

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