Title
Patterns and universals of adult romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions: Are models of self and of other pancultural constructs?
Date Issued
01 January 2004
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Schmitt D.P.
Alcalay L.
Allensworth M.
Allik J.
Ault L.
Austers I.
Bennett K.L.
Bianchi G.
Boholst F.
Cunen M.A.B.
Braeckman J.
Brainerd E.G.
Caral L.G.A.
Caron G.
Casullo M.M.
Cunningham M.
Daibo I.
De Backer C.
De Souza E.
Diaz-Loving R.
Diniz G.
Durkin K.
Eremsoy E.
Euler H.A.
Falzon R.
Fisher M.L.
Foley D.
Fowler R.
Fry D.P.
Fry S.
Ghayur M.A.
Giri V.N.
Golden D.L.
Grammer K.
Grimaldi L.
Halberstadt J.
Haque S.
Hertel J.
Hitchell A.
Hoffmann H.
Hooper D.
Hradilekova Z.
Hudek-Kene-Evi J.
Huffcutt A.
Jaafar J.
Jankauskaite M.
Kabangu-Stahel H.
Kardum I.
Khoury B.
Kwon H.
Laidra K.
Laireiter A.R.
Lakerveld D.
Lampert A.
Lauri M.
Lavallée M.
Lee S.J.
Leung L.C.
Locke K.D.
Locke V.
Luksik I.
Magaisa I.
Marcinkeviciene D.
Mata A.
Mata R.
Mccarthy B.
Mills M.E.
Mkhize N.J.
Moreira J.
Moreira S.
Moya M.
Munyae M.
Noller P.
Olimat H.
Opre A.
Panayiotou A.
Petrovic N.
Poels K.
Popper M.
Poulimenou M.
P'yatokha V.
Raymond M.
Reips U.D.
Reneau S.E.
Rivera-Aragon S.
Rowatt W.C.
Ruch W.
Rus V.S.
Safir M.P.
Salas S.
Sambataro F.
Sandnabba K.N.
Schleeter R.
Schulmeyer M.K.
Schütz A.
Scrimali T.
Shackelford T.K.
Publisher(s)
SAGE Publications Inc.
Abstract
As part of the International Sexuality Description Project, a total of 17,804 participants from 62 cultural regions completed the Relationship Questionnaire (RQ), a self-report measure of adult romantic attachment. Correlational analyses within each culture suggested that the Model of Self and the Model of Other scales of the RQ were psychometrically valid within most cultures. Contrary to expectations, the Model of Self and Model of Other dimensions of the RQ did not underlie the four-category model of attachment in the same way across all cultures. Analyses of specific attachment styles revealed that secure romantic attachment was normative in 79% of cultures and that preoccupied romantic attachment was particularly prevalent in East Asian cultures. Finally, the romantic attachment profiles of individual nations were correlated with sociocultural indicators in ways that supported evolutionary theories of romantic attachment and basic human mating strategies.
Start page
367
End page
402
Volume
35
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Antropología
Temas sociales
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-3042733777
Source
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
ISSN of the container
00220221
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus