A test of the investment model among asexual individuals: The moderating role of attachment orientation

Many asexual individuals are in long-term satisfying romantic relationships. However, the contributors to relational commitment among asexual individuals have received little attention. How do investment model characteristics and attachment orientations predict relationship commitment among asexual...

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Autores principales: Brozowski, Alexandra, Connor-Kuntz, Hayden, Lewis, Sanaye, Sinha, Sania, Oh, Jeewon, Weidmann, Rebekka, Weaver, Jonathan R., Chopik, William J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9523605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36186308
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.912978
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author Brozowski, Alexandra
Connor-Kuntz, Hayden
Lewis, Sanaye
Sinha, Sania
Oh, Jeewon
Weidmann, Rebekka
Weaver, Jonathan R.
Chopik, William J.
author_facet Brozowski, Alexandra
Connor-Kuntz, Hayden
Lewis, Sanaye
Sinha, Sania
Oh, Jeewon
Weidmann, Rebekka
Weaver, Jonathan R.
Chopik, William J.
author_sort Brozowski, Alexandra
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description Many asexual individuals are in long-term satisfying romantic relationships. However, the contributors to relational commitment among asexual individuals have received little attention. How do investment model characteristics and attachment orientations predict relationship commitment among asexual individuals? Our study looked at a sample of 485 self-identified asexual individuals currently in a romantic relationship (M(age) = 25.61, SD = 6.24; M(RelationshipLength) = 4.42 years, SD = 4.74). Individuals reported on Investment Model characteristics (i.e., their relationship satisfaction, investment, alternatives, and commitment) and their attachment orientations. Satisfaction, investment, and fewer alternatives were associated with greater commitment. Attachment orientations only occasionally moderated the results: for people low in anxiety, satisfaction and investment were more strongly related to commitment compared to people high in anxiety. The current study provided an extension of the Investment Model to describe romantic relationships among asexual individuals.
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spelling pubmed-95236052022-10-01 A test of the investment model among asexual individuals: The moderating role of attachment orientation Brozowski, Alexandra Connor-Kuntz, Hayden Lewis, Sanaye Sinha, Sania Oh, Jeewon Weidmann, Rebekka Weaver, Jonathan R. Chopik, William J. Front Psychol Psychology Many asexual individuals are in long-term satisfying romantic relationships. However, the contributors to relational commitment among asexual individuals have received little attention. How do investment model characteristics and attachment orientations predict relationship commitment among asexual individuals? Our study looked at a sample of 485 self-identified asexual individuals currently in a romantic relationship (M(age) = 25.61, SD = 6.24; M(RelationshipLength) = 4.42 years, SD = 4.74). Individuals reported on Investment Model characteristics (i.e., their relationship satisfaction, investment, alternatives, and commitment) and their attachment orientations. Satisfaction, investment, and fewer alternatives were associated with greater commitment. Attachment orientations only occasionally moderated the results: for people low in anxiety, satisfaction and investment were more strongly related to commitment compared to people high in anxiety. The current study provided an extension of the Investment Model to describe romantic relationships among asexual individuals. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9523605/ /pubmed/36186308 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.912978 Text en Copyright © 2022 Brozowski, Connor-Kuntz, Lewis, Sinha, Oh, Weidmann, Weaver and Chopik. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Brozowski, Alexandra
Connor-Kuntz, Hayden
Lewis, Sanaye
Sinha, Sania
Oh, Jeewon
Weidmann, Rebekka
Weaver, Jonathan R.
Chopik, William J.
A test of the investment model among asexual individuals: The moderating role of attachment orientation
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title_short A test of the investment model among asexual individuals: The moderating role of attachment orientation
title_sort test of the investment model among asexual individuals: the moderating role of attachment orientation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9523605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36186308
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.912978
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