Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 663-672.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.05.07

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Family Socioeconomic Status and College Freshmen's Attitudes towards Short-term Mating: An Analysis Based on Latent Growth Modeling

DING Fangyuan1, YANG Yiying2, WANG Yangqian2, JIA Yuncheng1, CHENG Gang2   

  1. 1. College of National Culture and Cognitive Science, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang 550025;
    2. School of Psychology/Center for Rural Children and Adolescents Mental Health Education, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550025
  • Published:2023-09-11
  • Supported by:
    The project was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFC1905301);National Natural Science Foundation of China (22078115,21776108,21690083,22008078).

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Abstract: This study aims to explore the developmental trajectory of freshmen's attitudes towards short-term mating, as well as the role of family socioeconomic status (SES) on college freshmen's attitudes towards short-term mating and sex differences. With the attitude subscale of Sociosexual Orientation Inventory and the family socioeconomic status questionnaire, 942 freshmen from a college in Guizhou province were investigated once a month, 4 times in total. The results of latent growth modeling and multi-group latent growth model analysis showed that: (1) Freshmen's attitudes towards short-term mating increased linearly and there were significant sex differences. Specifically, both initial levels and increasing rates among males were higher than those of females; (2) Family SES positively predicted the initial levels of attitudes towards short-term mating and significantly slowed down the increasing rates of attitudes towards short-term mating. The role of family SES was similar for both males and females. The results of the current study supported the views of sexual strategy theory and life history theory. At the same time, practical suggestions were also provided for the freshmen's education of adaptation and sexual safety during the transition period.

Key words: longitudinal study, short-term mating strategies, transition, attitudes towards casual sex, social status

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  • B844
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