Abstract
Students may experience two kinds of important romantic relationship changes during their transition from high school to higher education. One is a break-up between previously dating partners, and the other is the establishment of a romantic relationship between students who were single before. These two kinds of experiences also affect orientation of their mate selection criteria. This study takes samples from freshmen with different romantic relationship experiences. The freshmen’s dynamic assessment data towards mate selection criteria are obtained by means of investigative questionnaires related to mate selection criteria. Especially, reorientation to mate selection criteria is investigated after their romantic relationship changes. The results show that romantic relationship changes have a significant influence on assessment to the importance of mate selection criteria such as physiological requirements, morality, personality traits, inclusiveness, complementation, affection. Romantic relationship changes don’t have significant influence on assessment to the importance of physical and social conditions.
Highlights
In recent years, the divorce rate of Chinese high school students’ parents increased abruptly after the college entrance examination (Liu, Zhang, & Zhu, 2015)
What are the changes for their mate selection criteria? The domestic researches on this issue still lack data, this paper will explore the reorientation of their mate selection criteria after the changes of their emotional status
The importance has been rated as scores, which have been compared as follows: 3.1 Impact of Romantic Relationship Change on reorientation of Freshmen’s Mate Selection Criteria
Summary
The divorce rate of Chinese high school students’ parents increased abruptly after the college entrance examination (Liu, Zhang, & Zhu, 2015). On the basis of this problem, 3484 freshmen had been investigated in Tianjin University and it’s found that 797 freshmen, accounting for 22.88%, had already fallen in love before entering the university, and the rest of 2687 freshmen, accounting for 77.12%, were still single As for those students who were already in a relationship, at the end of national college entrance examination, they were facing the pressure of keeping their romantic relationship because of going to different universities located in different or even remote places. 126 people, accounting for 4.69% of the number of freshmen being single, have established romantic relationships within three months after entering college For these two groups experiencing the changes of relationship status, with one being the break-up of the relationship, and the other is the establishing a romantic relationship. What are the changes for their mate selection criteria? The domestic researches on this issue still lack data, this paper will explore the reorientation of their mate selection criteria after the changes of their emotional status
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
