breakup distress and loss of intimacy in university students分手的痛苦和损失的亲密在大学的学生.pdfVIP

Psychology, 2010, 1: 173-177 173 doi:10.4236/psych.2010.13023 Published Online August 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/psych) Breakup Distress and Loss of Intimacy in University Students 1,2 1 3 3 1 Tiffany Field , Miguel Diego , Martha Pelaez , Osvelia Deeds , Jeannette Delgado 1Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Medical School, Miami, USA; 2Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, USA; 3Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, USA. Email: tfield@ Received May 26th, 2010; revised July 3rd, 2010; accepted July 6th, 2010. ABSTRACT Breakup distress and reasons for breakup including affiliation, intimacy, sexuality and autonomy reasons were studied in 119 university students who had experienced a recent breakup of a romantic relationship. The sample was divided into high and low breakup distress groups based on a median score on the Breakup Distress Scale. The groups were then compared on their responses on the Breakup Reasons Scale. Only the intimacy subscale differentiated the high versus low breakup distress groups. These data highlight the importance of intimacy for romantic relationships and the loss of intimacy as a reason for breakups. Keywords : Intimacy, University Students, Breakup Distress 1. Introduction suggesting that these factors are important contributors to relationship breakup distress, but also suggesting that a Breakup distress in university students has been related large part of the outcome variance was not yet explained. to several factors. Breakup distress has been greater for In