Patterns and universals of adult romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions: Are models of self and of other pancultural constructs?

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Patterns and universals of adult romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions: Are models of self and of other pancultural constructs?

D. P. Schmitt L. Alcalay M. Allensworth J. Allik L. Ault I. Austers K. L. Bennett G. Bianchi F. Boholst M. A. B. Cunen J. Braeckman E. G. Brainerd Jr L. G. A. Caral G. Caron M. M. Casullo M. Cunningham I. Daibo C. De Backer E. De Souza R. Diaz-loving G. Diniz K. Durkin M. Echegaray E. Eremsoy H. A. Euler R. Falzon M. L. Fisher D. Foley R. Fowler D. P. Fry S. Fry M. A. Ghayur V. N. Giri D. L. Golden K. Grammer L. Grimaldi J. Halberstadt S. Haque D. Herrera J. Hertel A. Hitchell H. Hoffmann D. Hooper Z. Hradilekova J. Hudek-kene-evi A. Huffcutt J. Jaafar M. Jankauskaite H. Kabangu-stahel I. Kardum B. Khoury H. Kwon K. Laidra A.-r. Laireiter D. Lakerveld A. Lampert M. Lauri S.-j. Lee L. C. Leung K. D. Locke V. Locke I. Luksik I. Magaisa D. Marcinkeviciene A. Mata R. Mata B. Mccarthy M. E. Mills N. J. Mkhize J. Moreira S. Moreira M. Moya M. Munyae P. Noller H. Olimat A. Opre Alexia Panayiotou N. Petrovic K. Poels M. Popper M. Poulimenou V. P'yatokha M. A. Raymond U.-d. Reips S. E. Reneau S. Rivera-aragon W. C. Rowatt W. Ruch V. S. Rus M. P. Safir S. Salas F. Sambataro K. N. Sandnabba R. Schleeter M. K. Schulmeyer A. Schutz T. Scrimali T. K. Shackelford M. Lavallée D. P. Schmitt L. Alcalay M. Allensworth J. Allik L. Ault I. Austers K. L. Bennett G. Bianchi F. Boholst M. A. B. Cunen J. Braeckman E. G. Brainerd Jr L. G. A. Caral G. Caron M. M. Casullo M. Cunningham I. Daibo C. De Backer E. De Souza R. Diaz-loving G. Diniz K. Durkin M. Echegaray E. Eremsoy H. A. Euler R. Falzon M. L. Fisher D. Foley R. Fowler D. P. Fry S. Fry M. A. Ghayur V. N. Giri D. L. Golden K. Grammer L. Grimaldi J. Halberstadt S. Haque D. Herrera J. Hertel A. Hitchell H. Hoffmann D. Hooper Z. Hradilekova J. Hudek-kene-evi A. Huffcutt J. Jaafar M. Jankauskaite H. Kabangu-stahel I. Kardum B. Khoury H. Kwon K. Laidra A.-r. Laireiter D. Lakerveld A. Lampert M. Lauri S.-j. Lee L. C. Leung K. D. Locke V. Locke I. Luksik I. Magaisa D. Marcinkeviciene A. Mata R. Mata B. Mccarthy M. E. Mills N. J. Mkhize J. Moreira S. Moreira M. Moya M. Munyae P. Noller H. Olimat A. Opre Alexia Panayiotou N. Petrovic K. Poels M. Popper M. Poulimenou V. P'yatokha M. A. Raymond U.-d. Reips S. E. Reneau S. Rivera-aragon W. C. Rowatt W. Ruch V. S. Rus M. P. Safir S. Salas F. Sambataro K. N. Sandnabba R. Schleeter M. K. Schulmeyer A. Schutz T. Scrimali T. K. Shackelford M. Lavallée

subject

Cultural Studies Social psychology (sociology)Cultura Social Psychology Apego (Psicología)Culture Amor 050109 social psychology Human sexuality Ciencias sociales / Estudios culturales Interpersonal relations -- Case studies Social psychology Culture; Human mating strategies; Internal working models; Romantic attachment; Social Psychology; Cultural Studies; Anthropology 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Psicología / Procesos afectivos ddc:150 Attachment theory 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Human mating strategies Sociocultural evolution Human mating strategies 05 social sciences Internal working models Interpersonal relations and culture Romance Problem of universals Culture; Human mating strategies; Internal working models; Romantic attachment Anthropology Normative Romantic attachment Psychology Social psychology

description

As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, a total of 17,804 participants from 62 cultural regions completed the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ), a self-report measure of adult romantic attachment. Correlational analyses within each culture suggested that the Model of Self and the Model of Other scales of the RQ were psychometrically valid within most cultures. Contrary to expectations, the Model of Self and Model of Other dimensions of the RQ did not underlie the four-category model of attachment in the same way across all cultures. Analyses of specific attachment styles revealed that secure romantic attachment was normative in 79% of cultures and that preoccupied romantic attachment was particularly prevalent in East Asian cultures. Finally, the romantic attachment profiles of individual nations were correlated with sociocultural indicators in ways that supported evolutionary theories of romantic attachment and basic human mating strategies.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2004-07-01

10.1177/0022022104266105 http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3309091