The role of attachment avoidance in extradyadic sex

Beaulieu-Pelletier, Geneviève; Philippe, Frédérick L.; Lecours, Serge; Couture, Stéphanie

doi:10.1080/14616734.2011.562419

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“…This unwanted closeness is so deeply rooted in avoidantly-attached individuals that it can even lead them to engage in relationships threatening behaviors. For example, Beaulieu-Pelletier, Frederick, Lecours, and Couture (2011) found that the concerns of avoidantly-attached individuals with their partner's desire for closeness and intimacy fully explained the association between their attachment style and engagement in extradyadic sex.…”

Section: Avoidant Romantic Attachment and Emotion Regulation Strategimentioning

confidence: 95%

Longitudinal association between adolescent attachment, adult romantic attachment, and emotion regulation strategies

Pascuzzo

Cyr

Moss

2012

Attachment & Human Development

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Attachment security towards parents and peers in adolescence, and romantic attachment styles and emotion regulation strategies in young adulthood, were evaluated using an eight-year longitudinal design. Fifty-six young adults completed the Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) at age 14, and then, at age 22, the Experience in Close Relationships (ECR) and the Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), an emotion regulation questionnaire concerning coping strategies, including task-oriented versus emotion-oriented foci. Results indicated that greater insecurity to parents and peers in adolescence predicted a more anxious romantic attachment style and greater use of emotion-oriented strategies in adulthood. Concurrently, anxious adult attachment style was related to more emotion-oriented strategies, whereas an avoidant attachment style was related to less support-seeking. Analyses also identified emotion-oriented coping strategies as a partial mediator of the link between adolescent attachment insecurity to parents and adult anxious attachment, and a complete mediator of the association between adolescent attachment insecurity to peers and adult anxious attachment. These findings support the core assumption of continuity in attachment theory, where relationships to parents influence close romantic relationships in adulthood.

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Section: Avoidant Romantic Attachment and Emotion Regulation Strategimentioning

confidence: 95%

Longitudinal association between adolescent attachment, adult romantic attachment, and emotion regulation strategies

Pascuzzo

Cyr

Moss

2012

Attachment & Human Development

111

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“…Studies have shown that infi delity can have negative effects on the relationship, and may be the most feared and devastating experience of a marriage (Pittman, 1994), which may lead to divorce (Zordan & Strey, 2011). A systematic review of the literature (Scheeren, 2016) suggested a prevalence of infi delity between 1.2% (Beaulieu-Pelletier, Philippe, Lecours, & Couture, 2011) and 89.4% (Zhang, Parish, Huang, & Pan, 2012). In Brazil, the study conducted by Goldenberg (2011), with 1,279 men and women from the urban middle class of Rio de Janeiro, showed that 60% of the men and 47% of the women had been unfaithful.…”

Section: Infi Delidad Conyugal: La Experiencia De Hombres Y Mujeres Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

Marital Inﬁ delity: The Experience of Men and Women

Scheeren¹,

Apellániz²,

Wagner³

2018

Temas Psicol.

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This article aims to investigate the experience of infi delity in married or cohabiting men and women, considering the frequency, types of behaviors and reasons for infi delity. Participants of the study were 237 subjects, 106 men and 131 women, aged between 21 and 73 years (M=38; SD=11.22), who reported having been unfaithful to their current partner. Participants answered a sociodemographic and relationship questionnaire, the Infi delity Questionnaire and the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale. The results show the similarity of the infi delity behaviors between men and women, although men were more frequently involved in sexual behaviors and women more in emotional behaviors. The study identifi ed dissatisfaction with the partner or the relationship as the main reason for infi delity for both men and women. These fi ndings highlight the importance of considering infi delity as a relational phenomenon, which reveals the importance of the relational approach in the treatment of couples who experience infi delity.Keywords: Infi delity, marriage, infi delity behavior, reasons for infi delity. Infi delidade Conjugal: A Experiência de Homens e Mulheres ResumoEste artigo visa conhecer a vivência da infi delidade em homens e mulheres casados ou em coabitação em termos de frequência, tipos de comportamentos e motivos para ser infi el. Participaram da pesquisa 237 sujeitos, 106 homens e 131 mulheres com idades entre 21 e 73 anos (M = 38; DP = 11,22) que reportaram terem sido infi éis ao companheiro(a) atual. Os participantes responderam a uma fi cha de caracterização sociodemográfi ca e de dados sobre o relacionamento, o Questionário de Infi delidade e a Escala de Ajustamento Conjugal Revisada. Os resultados revelaram a similaridade dos comportamentos de infi delidade entre homens e mulheres, ainda que os homens refi ram mais comportamentos sexuais Infi delidad Conyugal: La Experiencia de Hombres y Mujeres ResumenEste artículo tiene como objetivo conocer la experiencia de infi delidad en hombres y mujeres casados o que cohabitan en términos de la frecuencia, tipos de comportamientos y motivaciones para ser infi el. Los participantes fueron 237 sujetos, 106 hombres y 131 mujeres con una edad entre 21 y 73 años (M = 38; DE = 11.22) que reportaron haber sido infi el a su pareja actual. Los participantes respondieron a una hoja de datos sociodemográfi cos y de caracterización de la relación, el cuestionario de comportamientos de infi delidad y de la Escala de Ajuste Marital revisado. Los resultados revelan la similitud de comportamientos de infi delidad de hombres y mujeres, aunque los hombres refi eren más comportamientos sexuales mientras las mujeres refi eren involucrarse de manera afectiva en estas relaciones. El estudio identifi có que la principal motivación para la traición para ambos sexos es la insatisfacción con su compañero(a) o con la relación. Estos resultados ponen de relieve la importancia de considerar la infi delidad como un fenómeno relacional. Se destaca la importancia de este enfoque relacional en...

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“…Some studies have suggested that there is a link between avoidance attachment and infidelity. For example, Beaulieu-Pelletier, Philippe, Lecours & Couture (2011) found that attachment avoidance increases people's irritation relative to their partner's desire for engagement which, in turn, increases the likelihood of their engaging in extradyadic sex. DeWall et al (2011) showed that people with high levels of dispositional avoidant attachment had more permissive attitudes toward infidelity than did those with low levels of dispositional avoidant attachment.…”

Section: Infidelity and Attachment Insecuritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Perceived female infidelity and male sexual coercion concerning first sex in Chinese college students' dating relationships: The mediating role of male partners' attachment insecurity

Tsang

2017

Personality and Individual Differences

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Previous studies have shown that female infidelity, attachment insecurity, and male sexual coercion in intimate relationships are empirically related to each other. However, the mechanisms that are involved remain poorly understood. The study aimed to examine two mediating models of male sexual coercion concerning first sex in Chinese college students' dating relationships (perceived female infidelity or attachment insecurity as the mediator), with both male and female participants (not using dyadic data). A total of 927 validly completed questionnaires provided the data; the respondents were recruited by purposive snowball sampling of students attending colleges in five of China's largest cities who were currently in a romantic relationship. First, with both the male and female samples, perceived female infidelity was positively correlated with violence threat coercive tactics; and, with the male sample only, it was positively correlated with emotional manipulation coercive tactics. Second, with the male sample only, male partners' attachment insecurity (anxiety and avoidance) were positively correlated with perceived female infidelity. Third, male partners' attachment anxiety fully mediated the relationship between perceived female infidelity and emotional manipulation coercive tactics. These findings suggest how the proximate and ultimate causes of sexual coercion in intimate relationships interact. Implications for clinical practice are discussed.

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The role of attachment avoidance in extradyadic sex

Cited by 30 publications

References 46 publications

Longitudinal association between adolescent attachment, adult romantic attachment, and emotion regulation strategies

Longitudinal association between adolescent attachment, adult romantic attachment, and emotion regulation strategies

Marital Inﬁ delity: The Experience of Men and Women

Perceived female infidelity and male sexual coercion concerning first sex in Chinese college students' dating relationships: The mediating role of male partners' attachment insecurity

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