ABSTRACT
Objective:To investigate the mediating effect of marital attitude on the relation between self-esteem and romantic relationship satisfaction in college students.Methods:Totally 342 college students in love were assessed with the Self-esteem Scale (SES),Marital Attitude Scale (MAS) and Quality of Relationship Index (QRI).The Bootstrap method was used to explore the mediating roles of marital attitude between self-esteem and romantic relationship satisfaction.Results:There were significantly positive correlations among the scores of SES,MAS and QRI (r =022-0.95,Ps ＜ 0.01).Self-esteem could directly predict college students'romantic relationship satisfaction (β =0.45,95 ％ CI:0.27-0.63),and had significant positive predictability to college students romantic relationship satisfaction when the marital attitude was controlled (β =0.17,95％ CI:0.08-0.29).Conclusion:It suggests that marital attitude may have a partial mediating effect between self-esteem and romantic relationship satisfaction in college students.