Attachment Style, Sexual Orientation, and Biological Sex in their Relationships With Gender Role.
Attachment Style
Biological Sex
Gender Role
Sexual Orientation
Journal
Sexual medicine
ISSN: 2050-1161
Titre abrégé: Sex Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101631053
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2020
Mar 2020
Historique:
received:
13
07
2019
revised:
20
08
2019
accepted:
01
09
2019
pubmed:
15
10
2019
medline:
15
10
2019
entrez:
15
10
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Masculinity and femininity constitute the gender role construct into the general concept of sexual identity. To investigate the relationships of attachment style, sexual orientation and biological sex with the gender role. A convenience sample of 344 subjects (females = 207; males = 137) was recruited. The Attachment Style Questionnaire (ASQ), the Kinsey Scale, and the Bem Sex Role Inventory assessed, respectively, attachment styles, sexual orientation, and masculinity/femininity was administered. Regression analysis revealed that the confidence scale of the ASQ (secure attachment) and relationship as secondary scale of ASQ (insecure/dismissing attachment) have a predictive role toward a higher score of masculinity (β = 0.201; P = .000 and β = 0.208; P = .000, respectively), whereas the need of approval scale of the ASQ (insecure/fearful-preoccupied attachment) shows a reverse association on it (β = -0.228; P = .001). Moreover, to be a male is predictive for masculinity (β = 0.196; P = .000). Also, femininity is predicted by the confidence (β = 0.173; P = .002) and the need of approval (β = 0.151; P = .03) scales of ASQ. Instead, the relationship as secondary scale of ASQ is negatively related to femininity (β = -0.198; P = .0001). No association between non-heterosexual orientation and gender role was found. A better knowledge of links between relational patterns and gender roles for assessment and anamnesis phases in sexual medicine. This is the first study considering sexual orientation and biological sex in the relationship between attachment styles and gender role. The main limitation is the use of self-reported psychometric tests. Our data indicate that a secure attachment is related to both masculinity and femininity. On the contrary, different and reverse aspects of insecure attachment style characterize masculinity and femininity. Masculinity is mostly linked to insecure/dismissing attachment, whereas femininity is linked to insecure/fearful-preoccupied attachment. Moreover, although being male is a further element in support of masculinity, sexual orientation is not associated with gender role. Ciocca G, Zauri S, Limoncin E, et al. Attachment Style, Sexual Orientation, and Biological Sex in their Relationships with Gender Role. Sex Med. 2019;8:76-83.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31607585
pii: S2050-1161(19)30183-7
doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2019.09.001
pmc: PMC7042169
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
76-83Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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