碩士 國立臺中教育大學 諮商與應用心理學系碩士班 102 The purpose of this present study was to examine the relationships among attachment toward parental attachment, public self-consciousness, and solitude experience among male and female young adult. Convenience sampling was used in the study. A sample of 412 youth adults was recruited through personal connection. There were consisted of 147 male and 265 female. The measurements adopted in this study included the Scale of Relationships Structures Questionnaire-Chinese, the Scale of Self-Consciousness Scale, and the Scale of Solitude Experience. The data were analyzed by applying descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson product moment correlation analysis and structural equation modeling. The findings of this study were summarized as follow: 1. There existed significant gender differences on levels of public self-consciousness and positive experience of solitude experience. Specifically, female youth adults reported higher levels of public self-consciousness and