本研究以753位大學生為研究對象，發現大學生使用MSN聯繫情誼時：一、動機傾向以「情感需求」為主，男、女性並無差異；男性「工具需求」的動機傾向高於女性；二、皆採用「直接行動」與「間接迂迴」方式為主要的行動策略；男性採用策略的程度比女性積極；三、安全與焦慮依附風格的動機傾向皆高於逃避與排斥依附風格，皆以「情感需求」為最高，各種依附風格並無差異；四、安全依附與焦慮依附風格樂於與他人聯繫情感，採用的策略皆為「直接行動」與「間接迂迴」方式；五、雖然排斥依附風格避免與他人過度親近，但是仍會與他人使用MSN聯繫情誼，只是使用策略的程度低於安全依附與焦慮依附風格；六、逃避依附風格無特別喜好的行動策略。

The purpose of this study is to investigate the differences of attachment styles for male and female university students between motivations and strategies in connecting friendship with personal message on MSN. This study is based on samples from 753 university students in Taiwan, and the results are summarized as follows: (1) the need for affection is the principal motivation tendency for university students, and there is no gender difference; males have higher motivation tendency of ‘‘instrumental need’’ on MSN than females; (2) both males and females use ‘‘direct action’’ and ‘‘indirect, circuitous action’’ as principal strategies on MSN; males are more active than females in using strategies on MSN; (3) the students with secure or preoccupied attachment style have higher motivation tendency on MSN than those with avoidant or dismissing attachment style; both males and females has highest motivation tendency in ‘‘need for affection’, and there is no difference between four attachment styles; (4) the students with secure or preoccupied attachment style are happy to connect friendship with others and the most favorite strategies of themselves are ‘‘direct action’’ and ‘‘indirect/circuitous action’’; (5) although the students with dismissing attachment style avoid excessive intimacy with others, they still connect friendship with others; they use less strategies on MSN than the students with secure or preoccupied attachment styles; (6) the students with avoidant attachment style have no favorite strategy in connecting friendship on MSN.