The effect of Self-Disconsistency on Romantic Relationship Satisfaction in early adulthood unmarried person: The double mediating effects of Self-Compassion and Self-Silencing

Objectives The purpose of this study is to understand the structural relationship between Self-Disconsistency and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction of early adulthood unmarried person and to prove the mediating effect of Self-Compassion and Self-Silencing. Methods Data were collected in a face-to-face and online survey of 347 unmarried men and women in 20~30s with dating experience. For the collected data, SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 21.0 were used to confirm the correlation between variables and the fit of the structural equation model, and the verified of the double mediating effect through the phantom variable. Results First, all variables showed significant correlation. Second, the mediating effect of Self-Compassion was significant in the effect of Self-Disconsistency on Romantic Relationship Satisfaction. Third, the mediating effect of Self-Silencing was not significant in the effect of Self-Disconsistency on Romantic Relationship Satisfaction. Fourth, Self-Compassion and Self-Silencing had a significant double mediating effect in the effect of Self-Disconsistency on Romantic Relationship Satisfaction. Conclusions This study proved that early adulthood unmarried person experiencing Self-Disconsistency increase Romantic Relationship Satisfaction if they improve the level of Self-Compassion and express their thoughts and feelings properly to dating partner instead of Self-Silencing. As a research suggestion, if you look at the various variables that can appear in the relationship between Self-Disconsistency and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction from a comprehensive perspective, you will be able to understand the Romantic Relationship Satisfaction of early adulthood unmarried person in more depth.