Partner choice and adult attachment

Journal Title: Revista Eugenio Espejo - Year 2024, Vol 18, Issue 1

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the partner selection criteria concerning attachment in adults. This research was quantitative, correlational, and cross-sectional, with 170 participants chosen through non-probabilistic snowball sampling and discriminated with inclusion criteria. The Romero Partner Selection Scale, which evaluates the criteria for partner selection, was used for data collection. The CAMIR instrument was used to determine attachment. In the results of partner selection, it was evident that in similarity and attractiveness, the majority of participants consider it to be of low importance; in non-verbal aspects and complementarity, the majority indicate having a medium level of importance; Personality traits and needs satisfaction had a high level of significance. In attachment, most of those evaluated show a type of secure and preoccupied insecure attachment. In the same way, the vast majority did not present a kind of avoidant and disorganized insecure attachment. It is concluded that there was a correlation between attachment styles and partner selection, evident in the positive correlation between the secure attachment style and the needs satisfaction criterion; the insecure-avoidant attachment style had a positive correlation with the similarity criterion, physical attractiveness, non-verbal aspects, and personality traits; Finally, the preoccupied insecure attachment style maintained a positive correlation with the complementarity criterion.

Authors and Affiliations

Ponce Guerra, César Eduardo; Fierro Villacreses, María Soledad; Aguilera Vásconez, Renata Patricia

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  • EP ID EP729480
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.37135/ee.04.19.07
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Ponce Guerra, César Eduardo; Fierro Villacreses, María Soledad; Aguilera Vásconez, Renata Patricia (2024). Partner choice and adult attachment. Revista Eugenio Espejo, 18(1), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-729480