@Article{jpa.2025.066529,
AUTHOR = {Lan Luo, Yun Shen, Zuntao Gu, Linbing Wang, Shijian Sun},
TITLE = {How parenting styles shape marital attitudes: The mediating role of para-social relationships},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Psychology in Africa},
VOLUME = {35},
YEAR = {2025},
NUMBER = {5},
PAGES = {713--721},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jpa/v35n5/64101},
ISSN = {1815-5626},
ABSTRACT = {This cross-sectional study examined how parenting styles influence college students’ romantic attitudes through para-social relationships. A total of 571 college students (females = 71.2%) completed the Short-form Parenting Style Scale, the Para-social Relationship Scale, and the Questionnaire on College Students’ View of Marriage and Love. Mediation was examined with bootstrap-corrected structural equation modelling (5000 resamples). Results indicated that maternal rejection (indirect effect β = −0.019, 95% CI = −0.055–−0.001, <i>p</i> < 0.05) and overprotection (indirect effect <i>β</i> = −0.02, 95% CI = −0.055–−0.001, <i>p</i> < 0.05) indirectly undermined college students’ marriage views by intensifying para-social relationships, whereas paternal warmth directly fostered a positive marriage view (<i>β</i> = 0.21, 95% CI = 0.062–0.369, <i>p</i> < 0.01). Therefore, to foster healthy romantic and marital attitudes among youth, families should provide emotional support, while society should promote balanced and realistic social interactions.},
DOI = {10.32604/jpa.2025.066529}
}