Attachment, Infidelity, and Loneliness in College Students Involved in a Romantic Relationship: The Role of Relationship Satisfaction, Morbidity, and Prayer for Partner

Abstract

This study examined the mediating effects of relationship satisfaction, prayer for a partner, and morbidity in the relationship between attachment and loneliness, infidelity and loneliness, and psychological morbidity and loneliness, in college students involved in a romantic relationship. Participants were students in an introductory course on family development. This study examined only students (n = 345) who were involved in a romantic relationship. The average age of participants was 19.46 (SD = 1.92) and 25 % were males.

Delineating the Boundaries Between Nonmonogamy and Infidelity: Bringing Consent Back Into Definitions of Consensual Nonmonogamy With Latent Profile Analysis

“…HANGEN, CRASTA, AND ROGGE Alternatively, the results could suggest that it is individuals in thriving relationships who are most able to successfully navigate the dynamics of CNM relationships with active communication and sensitivity. These results stand in stark contrast to a growing body of cross-sectional research linking EDSA to lower relationship quality in monogamous relationships (e.g., Atkins, Baucom, & Jacobson, 2001;Mark et al, 2011;Pereira et al, 2014;Whisman et al, 2007). Similarly, longitudinal studies have shown that lower relationship satisfaction and lower commitment significantly predict future EDSA (Drigotas, Safstrom, & Gentilia, 1999;Maddox Shaw, Rhoades, Allen, Stanley, & Markman, 2013).…”

“…Consistent with this, the individuals in this group reported some of the lowest relationship and individual functioning. These findings align with previous research on infidelity (Atkins et al, 2001;Mark et al, 2011;Pereira et al, 2014;Whisman et al, 2007) as well as previous studies which found that monogamous couples with one partner engaging in EDSA had lower relationship quality when compared to strictly monogamous and CNM relationships (LaSala, 2004;Rodrigues et al, 2016). Taken together, this suggests that EDSA occurring in the absence of mutual consent, comfort, and communication could have devastating effects on relationship quality and/or could represent a maladaptive reaction to a failing relationship.…”

“…Thus, although somewhat mixed, previous findings have suggested that nonmonogamous relationships might be associated with a certain degree of sexual and recreational disinhibition and a rejection of mainstream or hetero-normative values. The current study therefore sought to extend this work by exploring differences across the latent relationship structure groups extracted on a broader set of background factors and indices of individual functioning, including: sexual orientation identification, sociosexual orientation, sexual sensation seeking, attachment avoidance, psychological distress, loneliness (as it has been linked to infidelity in monogamous relationships; Pereira, Taysi, Orcan, & Fincham, 2014), heavy drinking, STIs, and condomless sex with new partners (capturing the dysregulated sexual activities that might lead to higher STI rates). To incorporate a rapidly expanding cultural phenomena that has exploded in popularity over the last 10 years, the current study also examined geosocial networking app use (GSN -smartphone apps that allow users to identify potential sexual and relationship partners nearby; i.e., Tinder, Grindr) as a salient marker of recent partner-seeking.…”

Past is present: Pathways between childhood sexual abuse and relationship satisfaction

“…Although the effect of attachment on relationship satisfaction is well established, both for the general population (Butzer & Campbell, 2008;Pereira et al, 2014) and for CSA survivors (Meyer et al, 2017;Tocker et al, 2017;Wolfe et al, 2004), this study adds new insights by showing romantic partner attachment avoidance and anxiety only mediating the association of CSA with relationship satisfaction on a pathway that also includes sexual shame. This is consistent with Lassri et al's (2018) study in which romantic partner attachment did not mediate the association between CSA and relationship satisfaction.…”

Ebeveyn Duygusal Erişilebilirliği, Romantik İlişki Kalitesi ve Sosyal Bağlılık ile İyi Oluş Arasındaki İlişkide Yalnızlığın Aracılık Rolü

“…According to Weiss (1973), who carried out a study on loneliness, the impact of social support resources on loneliness is clear. The existing literature indicated that loneliness associated with a lack of emotional contact with friends and family (Bondevik & Skogstad, 1998;Hawkley, Browne, & Cacioppo, 2005), trust in and access to parents (De Minzi, 2010), attachment (Akdoğan, 2017;Helm et al, 2020), social support and social commitment (Li-Jane & Shi-Kai, 2007;Duru, 2008b;Zhao, Kong, & Wang, 2013), the quality of the romantic relationship, and relationship satisfaction (Elmien, Rozanne, & Alberta, 2016;Özdemir & Tuncay, 2008;Pereira, Taysi, Orcan, & Fincham, 2014;Türk & Yıldız, 2017).…”