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Attachment Style, Rules Regarding Sex, and Couple Satisfaction: A Study of Gay Male Couples
Author(s) -
Ramirez Oscar Modesto,
Brown Jac
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1375/anft.31.2.202
Subject(s) - psychology , style (visual arts) , attachment theory , social psychology , homosexuality , male homosexuality , developmental psychology , men who have sex with men , psychoanalysis , medicine , art , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , literature , syphilis , family medicine
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.