Adult attachment and sexual behavior

By A. Bogaert, S. Sadava. 2002

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health, Social Psychology

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Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Contextual Factors in Engaging in and Responding to Extramarital Involvement (2006, background): “The presence of alternative partners has been considered an important contextual factor in engaging in EMI; in fact, Buunk (1980) operationalized opportunity as the number of times a person other than the primary partner had clearly indicated sexual interest. However, the attributes of the extramari”
Attachment, sexual experience, and sexual pressure in romantic relationships: A dyadic approach (2007, background): “At least in adolescent and young adult samples, avoidance correlates negatively with frequency of sexual intercourse (Bogaert & Sadava, 2002; Gentzler & Kerns, 2004) and positively with solitary masturbation (Bogaert & Sadava, 2002).”
Attachment orientations, sexual functioning, and relationship satisfaction in a community sample of women (2007, background): “Highly anxious adults score relatively high in erotophilia (Bogaert & Sadava, 2002).”
Are men universally more dismissing than women? Gender differences in romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions (2003, background): “…attachment tend to have more accepting attitudes toward casual sex, and engage in more promiscuous and indiscriminate sex, than people with more secure attachment styles (Bogaert & Sadava, 2002; Brennan & Shaver, 1995; Feeney, Noller, & Patty, 1993; Schmitt, 2003a; Stephan & Bachman, 1999).”
“I can’t get no satisfaction”: Insecure attachment, inhibited sexual communication, and sexual dissatisfaction (2006, background): “Several authors have noted that, for women, anxiety is associated with earlier first intercourse, greater numbers of sexual partners, infidelity (e.g., Bogaert & Sadava, 2002; Gangestad & Thornhill, 1997), and deviant sexual activities such as bondage (e.g., Hazan, Zeifman, & Middleton, 1994).”
Associations between insecure attachment and sexual experiences (2004, background): “For example, prior studies have found that anxiously attached women, but not men, engage in sexual intercourse at a young age, compared to either less anxiously attached women ( Bogaert & Sadava, 2002 ) or avoidant and secure individuals (Cooper, Shaver, et al., 1998).”
Attachment Styles and Male Sex Addiction (2008, background): “Bogaert and Sadava (2002) researched adult attachments and various sexuality measures and found that less securely attached individuals tended to maintain shorter-term mating strategies than securely attached individuals.”