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- Title
- Attachment styles, rules regarding sex, and couple satisfaction : a study of gay male couples
- Related
- Australian and New Zealand journal of family therapy, Vol. 31, Issue 2 (2010), p.202-213
- DOI
- 10.1375/anft.31.2.202
- Publisher
- Australian Academic Press
- Date
- 2010
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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111700 Public Health and Health Services
160700 Social Work
160800 Sociology
- Author/Creator
- Modesto Ramirez, Oscar
- Author/Creator
- Brown, Jac
- Description
- This article explores the characteristics of open and closed relationships in 170 gay men according to their levels of satisfaction, their attachment styles, and the rules of having sex outside their relationships for open couples. We found no significant difference between open or closed relationships in levels of satisfaction or attachment styles. However, we found that gay men in open relationships who have explicit rules about having sex with other men are significantly more satisfied that those gay men with no rules. A content analysis of the rules is presented and implications for therapy are drawn from the findings.
- Description
- 12 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 111700 Public Health and Health Services
- Subject Keyword
- 160700 Social Work
- Subject Keyword
- 160800 Sociology
- Subject Keyword
- gay relationships
- Subject Keyword
- attachment
- Subject Keyword
- gay men
- Subject Keyword
- satisfaction
- Subject Keyword
- sexually open relationships
- Subject Keyword
- rules
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Psychology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/118261
- Identifier
- ISSN:0814-723X
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2010003041
- Language
- eng
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