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dc.contributor.authorMcNeil, Julia
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-06 12:50:30 (GMT)
dc.date.available2018-01-05 05:50:06 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2017-09-06
dc.date.submitted2017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/12320
dc.description.abstractAttachment theory is one of the major theoretical frameworks for understanding romantic relationships. Attachment styles are formed through interactions with caregivers, and shape an individual’s expectations of subsequent interpersonal relationships. In this study, we examined how attachment styles influence a participant’s ability to communicate with the partner about problems in their sexual relationship. A community sample of 81 couples engaged in two video-recorded discussions, one representing an aspect of the couple’s sexual relationship where the male partner wanted change and the second representing an aspect of the sexual relationship where the female partner wanted change. Conversations were then coded, with each person being rated on three positive communication dimensions (positive affect, offering solutions, and responsiveness) and three negative communication dimensions (hostility, negative affect, and unskilled communication behaviours). Two factors were then created for each partner: one for the positive dimension and one for the negative dimension of that individual’s sexual communication. As predicted, attachment avoidance was related to more negative and less positive communication for both the individual and his/her partner. Our observational data did not reveal any significant effects of attachment anxiety on an individual’s own communication behaviour or the partner’s communication behaviours. These results can be contrasted with findings from self-report studies that do suggest that an anxious attachment adversely impacts sexual communication.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectAttachment styleen
dc.subjectSexual communicationen
dc.subjectRomantic relationshipsen
dc.subjectHuman sexualityen
dc.titleAttachment and Sexual Communication Behaviouren
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalse
uws-etd.degree.departmentPsychologyen
uws-etd.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws-etd.embargo.terms4 monthsen
uws.contributor.advisorRehman, Uzma
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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