Internalized homonegativity moderates the association between attachment avoidance and emotional intimacy among same-sex male couples.
attachment anxiety
attachment avoidance
emotional intimacy
internalized homonegativity
same-sex male couples
Journal
Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
19
01
2023
accepted:
08
03
2023
medline:
18
4
2023
entrez:
17
4
2023
pubmed:
18
4
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The present study aimed to examine dyadic associations between attachment insecurity and emotional intimacy in same-sex male couples, and to investigate whether and how each partner's internalized homonegativity (IH) moderated these associations. The sample included 138 same-sex male couples. Both dyad members completed self-report measures of attachment insecurity, emotional intimacy, and IH. The actor-partner interdependence model with moderation analysis was applied. Indicated that higher levels of actor's and partner's attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance were associated with lower actor's emotional intimacy. IH moderated the partner effects of attachment avoidance on emotional intimacy. The partner's higher attachment avoidance was associated with one's own lower emotional intimacy at low (but not high) levels of one's own IH and at high (but not low) levels of the partner's IH. Findings suggest that the partner's attachment avoidance may differently affect one's own emotional intimacy depending on the IH levels of both dyad members. Helping partnered sexual minority men decrease attachment insecurity while recognizing their own and their partners' IH may promote relationship quality.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37063530
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1148005
pmc: PMC10090517
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1148005Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Guzmán-González, Gómez, Bahamondes, Barrientos, Garrido-Rojas, Espinoza-Tapia and Casu.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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