The Effect of Self-Determined Solitude Motivation on Interpersonal Relationship Competence of University Students : The Dual Mediating Effect of Self-esteem and Psychological Well-being

The purpose of this study was to verify the dual mediating effect of self-esteem and psychological well-being in the correlation between self-determined solitude motivation and interpersonal relationship competence of college students. This survey collected completed questionnaires from 405 college students. The data was analyzed using SPSS Win 21.0, and SPSS Macro. The results of this study are as follow: First, as a result of examining the relative influence, it was found that the psychological well-being which was especially higher impacted on interpersonal relationship competence. Second, self-esteem and psychological well-being had a partial mediation effect in the correlation between self-determined solitude motivation and interpersonal relationship competence of college students. Third, self-esteem and psychological well-being had dual mediation effect in the correlation between self-determined solitude motivation and interpersonal relationship competence of college students.