The Relationship Between Attachment Style in Romantic Relationship, Love Type, Emotional Expression and Life Satisfaction

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2017-07-18

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Şahin, Seda Merve
Çoksan, Sami

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The current study examines the association between attachment styles in romantic relations and love type preference, emotional expression, and life satisfaction. Two hundred twenty-six volunteers participated in the study. Results showed that participants who were securely attached to their romantic partners preferred Eros love type more, while participants who were insecurely attached to their romantic partners decided on Ludus, Pragma, and Mania love types. There was no difference between secure and insecure attachment styles in terms of Storge and Agape love types. Moreover, there was no difference between groups in terms of general emotional expression. Participants who were securely attached had higher life satisfaction than those who were insecure. It is argued that differentiation power on emotional expression and life satisfaction might be obtained with studies about attachment styles in the romantic relationship.

Subject Keywords

Attachment style, Emotional expression, Life satisfaction, Love types, Romantic relationship, Bağlanma stilleri, Duygusal dışavurum, Yaşam doyumu, Aşk tipleri, Romantik ilişki

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/78661

Conference Name

15th European Congress of Psychology (11 - 14 Temmuz 2017)

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Department of Psychology, Conference / Seminar

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S. M. Şahin and S. Çoksan, “The Relationship Between Attachment Style in Romantic Relationship, Love Type, Emotional Expression and Life Satisfaction,” presented at the 15th European Congress of Psychology (11 - 14 Temmuz 2017), Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2017, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/78661.