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Journal of Youth Studies July 2010 Vol. 13 No. 2 (Serial No. 26) 2010 The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups

The Impacts of Ingratiation on Interpersonal Attraction

and Interpersonal Relation of Hong Kong Youth

Kwok Kuen TSANG

Yi LIAN

There is not much literature about the ingratiation of youth. This limits our understanding about the

effects of ingratiation to the interpersonal attraction and interpersonal relations of youth.

Consequently, the overall development of the studies and theories in this field are limited. The

purpose of this study is to investigate this issue with Hong Kong youth through an online questionnaire

survey. The results show that ingratiation cannot enhance the interpersonal attraction of youth. It is

not necessary for ingratiation to improve the interpersonal relation of youth through enhancing their

interpersonal attraction. In addition, this article also gives suggestions to improve the social life of

the youth.

Keywords: ingratiation; interpersonal attraction; interpersonal relation

School of Professional and Continuing Education, The University of Hong Kong

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Kwok Kuen TSANG, Faculty of Education, The

University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong; email: gkk1212@hku.hk

Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong

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α

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因素負荷量

題目 自我表現 順從他人 施恩 謙虛

16 0.9070.9070.9070.907 0.052 0.107 -0.032

15 0.9000.9000.9000.900 0.050 0.039 0.174

14 0.8720.8720.8720.872 0.276 0.038 0.079

13 0.7450.7450.7450.745 0.218 0.330 -0.051

8 0.227 0.8320.8320.8320.832 0.132 0.022

6 -0.091 0.7720.7720.7720.772 0.182 -0.190

7 0.224 0.7420.7420.7420.742 0.092 0.187

5 0.265 0.6180.6180.6180.618 0.009 0.365

12 0.139 0.5330.5330.5330.533 0.003 0.488

3 0.318 0.5080.5080.5080.508 0.320 0.189

18 -0.302 0.4860.4860.4860.486 0.391 -0.319

10 0.099 -0.018 0.8580.8580.8580.858 -0.127

11 0.027 0.033 0.8040.8040.8040.804 0.041

4 0.197 0.158 0.7610.7610.7610.761 0.007

1 0.283 0.238 0.7550.7550.7550.755 0.094

9 -0.094 0.210 0.4380.4380.4380.438 0.242

20 -0.180 -0.165 -0.062 0.7610.7610.7610.761

19 0.052 0.285 0.043 0.7420.7420.7420.742

17 0.216 0.056 0.127 0.6250.6250.6250.625

信度 (α) 0.918 0.807 0.845 0.646

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因素負荷量

題目 社交吸引 外表吸引

6 0.8110.8110.8110.811 0.120

1 0.7960.7960.7960.796 0.137

3 0.7640.7640.7640.764 -0.0330

5 0.6990.6990.6990.699 0.107

4 0.6570.6570.6570.657 0.042

7 ----0.4800.4800.4800.4800000 0.329

2 0.4710.4710.4710.471 -0.0150

11 0.124 0.9310.9310.9310.931

10 0.151 0.9160.9160.9160.916

8 0.067 0.8920.8920.8920.892

9 -0.4930 0.5460.5460.5460.546

信度 (α) 0.733 0.853

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. 自我表現 - - - - - - -

2. 順從他人 0.356** - - - - - -

3. 施恩 0.176 0.348** - - - - -

4. 謙虛 0.005 0.176 0.171 - - - -

5. 社交吸引 0.061** 0.284** -0.204* 0.048 - - -

6. 外表吸引 0.525** 0.300** 0.073 -0.044 0.101 - -

7. 人際關係 0.481** 0.408** 0.411** 0.174 -0.039 0.331** -

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. 自我表現 - - - - - - -

2. 順從他人 0.360** - - - - - -

3. 施恩 0.206** 0.352** - - - - -

4. 謙虛 -0.008** 0.181** 0.212** - - - -

5. 社交吸引 0.054** 0.287** -0.189** 0.037 - - -

6. 外表吸引 0.547** 0.299** 0.039** -0.025 0.115 - -

7. 人際關係 0.474** 0.416** 0.465** 0.158 -0.051 0.359** -

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1 2 3 4 5

1. 自我表現 - - - - -

2. 順從他人 0.258** - - - -

3. 施恩 0.223* 0.433** - - -

4. 謙虛 0.008 0.194* 0.225** - -

5. 人際關係 0.356** 0.390** 0.476** 0.184 -

變項 B SEB β

自我表現 0.199 0.058 0.324**

順從他人 0.125 0.067 0.165**

施恩 0.209 0.060 0.291**

外表吸引 0.060 0.061 0.090**

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