This study aimed to investigate the effects of attachment with parents and self-differentiation on sexual assertiveness among college students. It also aimed to help university students keep their sexuality and spiritual health by being good at sexual assertiveness.
The participants of this study were 173 male and 164 female college students. The data were collected by self-administered questionnaire method. Self-differentiation includes five subscales such as emotional reactivity, I-position, fusion with others, emotional cutoff, and emotional fusion.
The major results were summarized as below.
First, there were significant differences in the level of attachment with parents with grade, major, parents marital statue, father’s education level and mother’s education level.
Second, there were significant differences in the level of self-differentiation across sex, grade, age, major, religion, parents marital statue, residence type and mother’s education level.
Third, there were significant differences in the level of sexual assertiveness across sex, major, religion, parents marital statue, Residence type and the average monthly income of a household.
Fourth, multiple regression analysis were performed to know the effects of attachment with parents and self-differentiation on sexual assertiveness. And it was found that emotional fusion was the most powerful predictor of sexual assertiveness.
Fifth, Hierarchical regression showed that the relationship between attachment with their parents and sexual assertiveness was regulated by self-differentiation.
Finally, female students were good at sexual self-assertion than male students were. And when college students were not excessively involved in emotional relationships with others, they could be good at sexual self-assertion.
Self-differentiation played a role in improving the sexual assertiveness of college students. The regulation effects of attachment with their mothers on sexual assertiveness were higher than that of attachment with their fathers.