Associations of attachment avoidance and anxiety with life satisfaction, satisfaction with singlehood, and desire for a romantic partner

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PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Pub Date : 2021-12-23 DOI:10.1111/pere.12416

Geoff Macdonald, Yoobin Park

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Correspondence Geoff MacDonald, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, 100 St. George St., Toronto, ON M5S 3G3 Canada. Email: gmacdonald@psych.utoronto.ca Abstract Living single is becoming increasingly common worldwide and understanding within-group predictors of well-being among singles is becoming a stronger research priority. Although Pepping, MacDonald, and Davis suggested individual differences in attachment security may be useful for predicting singles' well-being, there are no published data on the issue. In this research, single participants (N = 1930; 49% men; Mage = 31 years; 75% White) completed measures of attachment security as well as measures of life satisfaction, satisfaction with singlehood, and desire for a romantic partner. The data suggested that higher levels of attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety were both associated with lower levels of life satisfaction as well as satisfaction with singlehood. However, when controlling for life satisfaction, attachment avoidance was not associated with satisfaction with singlehood. We also found that higher levels of attachment avoidance were associated with less desire for a romantic partner whereas higher levels of attachment anxiety were associated with stronger desire for a partner. Our

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依恋回避和焦虑与生活满意度、单身满意度和对浪漫伴侣的渴望的关系

通信Geoff MacDonald，多伦多大学心理学系，地址：100 St.George St.，Toronto，ON M5S 3G3 Canada。电子邮件：gmacdonald@psych.utoronto.ca摘要单身生活在世界范围内越来越普遍，群体内对单身幸福感预测因素的理解正成为研究的重点。尽管Pepping、MacDonald和Davis认为依恋安全性的个体差异可能有助于预测单身人士的幸福感，但目前还没有关于这一问题的公开数据。在这项研究中，单身参与者（N=1930；49%为男性；Mage=31岁；75%为白人）完成了依恋安全感的测量，以及生活满意度、单身满意度和对浪漫伴侣的渴望的测量。数据表明，依恋回避和依恋焦虑水平越高，生活满意度和单身满意度越低。然而，在控制生活满意度时，依恋回避与单身满意度无关。我们还发现，依恋回避程度越高，对浪漫伴侣的欲望越低，而依恋焦虑程度越高则对伴侣的欲望更强。我们的

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2.40

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期刊介绍： Personal Relationships, first published in 1994, is an international, interdisciplinary journal that promotes scholarship in the field of personal relationships using a wide variety of methodologies and throughout a broad range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, communication studies, anthropology, family studies, child development, social work, and gerontology. The subject matter and approach of Personal Relationships will be of interest to researchers, teachers, and practitioners. Manuscripts examining a wide range of personal relationships, including those between romantic or intimate partners, spouses, parents and children, siblings, classmates, coworkers, neighbors, and friends are welcome.