TY - JOUR
T1 - A test of the investment model among asexual individuals
T2 - The moderating role of attachment orientation
AU - Brozowski, Alexandra
AU - Connor-Kuntz, Hayden
AU - Lewis, Sanaye
AU - Sinha, Sania
AU - Oh, Jeewon
AU - Weidmann, Rebekka
AU - Weaver, Jonathan R.
AU - Chopik, William J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Brozowski, Connor-Kuntz, Lewis, Sinha, Oh, Weidmann, Weaver and Chopik.
PY - 2022/9/16
Y1 - 2022/9/16
N2 - Many asexual individuals are in long-term satisfying romantic relationships. However, the contributors to relational commitment among asexual individuals have received little attention. How do investment model characteristics and attachment orientations predict relationship commitment among asexual individuals? Our study looked at a sample of 485 self-identified asexual individuals currently in a romantic relationship (Mage = 25.61, SD = 6.24; MRelationshipLength = 4.42 years, SD = 4.74). Individuals reported on Investment Model characteristics (i.e., their relationship satisfaction, investment, alternatives, and commitment) and their attachment orientations. Satisfaction, investment, and fewer alternatives were associated with greater commitment. Attachment orientations only occasionally moderated the results: for people low in anxiety, satisfaction and investment were more strongly related to commitment compared to people high in anxiety. The current study provided an extension of the Investment Model to describe romantic relationships among asexual individuals.
AB - Many asexual individuals are in long-term satisfying romantic relationships. However, the contributors to relational commitment among asexual individuals have received little attention. How do investment model characteristics and attachment orientations predict relationship commitment among asexual individuals? Our study looked at a sample of 485 self-identified asexual individuals currently in a romantic relationship (Mage = 25.61, SD = 6.24; MRelationshipLength = 4.42 years, SD = 4.74). Individuals reported on Investment Model characteristics (i.e., their relationship satisfaction, investment, alternatives, and commitment) and their attachment orientations. Satisfaction, investment, and fewer alternatives were associated with greater commitment. Attachment orientations only occasionally moderated the results: for people low in anxiety, satisfaction and investment were more strongly related to commitment compared to people high in anxiety. The current study provided an extension of the Investment Model to describe romantic relationships among asexual individuals.
KW - asexual spectrum
KW - asexuality
KW - attachment orientation
KW - investment model
KW - romantic relationships
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.912978
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.912978
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85139129600
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 912978
ER -