Psychosocial Correlates of Romantic Relationships: An Empirical Study on Millennials

Abstract

The present study aimed to explore romantic relationship satisfaction, happiness, anxiety and emotional resilience in millennials. The study variables were explored in three categories of millennials- unmarried, married and married but in romantic relationship with someone other than one’s spouse. Gender differences and romantic relationship status differences were explored on the study variables. For this purpose, a sample of 180 millennials were selected through simple random sampling technique. Romantic Relationship Assessment Scale, Oxford Happiness Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Brief Resilience Scale were used to collect data from the participants. Descriptive statistics was used to assess the study variables in three categories of each gender. Independent t- test was computed to determine whether there is significant mean difference between males and females in all the three categories. Inter correlation for all the study variables was explored in males and females. The findings of the study revealed that anxiety and romantic relationship satisfaction was highest in unmarried males, resilience and happiness was highest in married males who were in romantic relationship with someone other than their spouse. Furthermore, romantic relationship satisfaction was highest for married females, anxiety and resilience was highest in married females having romantic relationship with someone other than one’ s spouse and happiness was highest in unmarried females. In males anxiety had negative significant correlation happiness and romantic relationship satisfaction and resilience had a positive relationship with happiness and negative relationship with romantic relationship satisfaction. In females anxiety had a significant negative relationship with happiness and resilience had a significant negative relationship with romantic relationship satisfaction. The status of romantic relationship whether a person is unmarried, married or married but in romantic relationship with someone other than one’s spouse plays a significant role in happiness, romantic relationship satisfaction, resilience and anxiety.