The Relationship Between Parent-Child Attachment and College Students' Fertility Intention: The Sequential Mediating Role of Family Resilience and Collectivist Orientation

Objective: To explore the relationship between parent-child attachment and college students' fertility intention, and to examine the mediating roles of family resilience and collectivist orientation in this relationship. Methods: A total of 2010 college students were recruited as participants, and a questionnaire survey was conducted to assess their parent-child attachment, family resilience, collectivist orientation, and fertility intention. Results: (1) Parent-child attachment, family resilience, collectivist orientation, and fertility intention were all significantly and positively correlated with one another. (2) Parent-child attachment significantly and positively predicted fertility intention; (3) family resilience and collectivist orientation played independent and sequential mediating roles in the relationship between parent-child attachment and college students' fertility intention. Conclusion...