Internalized homonegativity moderates the association between attachment avoidance and emotional intimacy among same-sex male couples
Autor
Guzmán González, Mónica
Gómez, Fabiola
Bahamondes, Joaquín
Barrientos, Jaime
Garrido-Rojas, Lusmenia
Espinoza-Tapia, Ricardo
Casu, Giulia
Fecha
2023Resumen
Introduction: 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.
Methods: 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.
Results: 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.
Discussion: 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.
Fuente
Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1148005Link de Acceso
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doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1148005Colecciones
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