Attachment style, relationship status, gender and relational competences among young adults

• Authors: Katarzyna Adamczyk , Aleksandra Pilarska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The seeking of a lifetime partner/spouse, establishing and maintaining close relationships are central developmental tasks in young adulthood. In successful achievement of these tasks relational competences may play a crucial role, thus making it reasonable to study their conditions. This article provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of the relationship between relational competences and attachment style, relationship status, and gender. It presents a study of a normal sample of 423 young adults, aged 20-35, who completed The Questionnaire of Relational Competences in Intimate Relationships, Revised Adult Attachment Scale, and Demographic Questionnaire. The analysis of the data revealed that in the description of various relational competences all three factors play an important role. It has also turned out that the association between relational competences and attachment style is influenced by the circumstances pertaining to relationship status.

Keywords

EN

relational competences; attachment style; relationship status; gender; young adults

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 59-69

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Adamczyk

• Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. A. Szamarzewskiego 89 AB, 60-568 Poznań, Poland

author

Aleksandra Pilarska

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10059-012-0007-4