Factors affecting the interpersonal communication ability of college students

Objective:To survey the interpersonal communication ability of college students and to analyze the related factors． Methods:One thousand four hundred and thirty college students were investigated by College Students Interpersonal Communication Ability Questionnaire，Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and a self-designed questionnaire． Results:The gender，whether or not being the only child in the family，whether or not having been a student cadre，birthplace，academic performance，relation with the parents and family income all affected the interpersonal communication ability of college students(P 0． 05 － P 0． 01)． The interpersonal communication ability of college students was positively correlated with extraversion (P 0． 01)，and negatively correlated with psychoticism and neuroticism(P 0． 01)． Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the main influential factors for college students' interpersonal communication ability were extraversion，psychoticism，neuroticism，gender，whether or not having been a student cadre，relation with the father and the family income． Conclusions:The interpersonal communication ability of college students is affected by factors concerning their own disposition，the family and the school．