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Attachment styles within sexual relationships are strategic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2009

Douglas K. Symons  and
Alicia L. Szielasko
Douglas K. Symons
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6, Canada. Doug.Symons@Acadiau.caaszielas@dal.cahttp://ace.acadiau.ca/science/psyc/dsymons/
Alicia L. Szielasko
Affiliation:
Psychology Department, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6, Canada. Doug.Symons@Acadiau.caaszielas@dal.cahttp://ace.acadiau.ca/science/psyc/dsymons/
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Abstract

Del Giudice's examination of sex differences in reproductive strategy within an attachment context is well taken. Sex has been studied as behavior within romantic relationships, but attachment styles should also be reflected in strategic behavior within relationships that are sexual. This seems particularly true within adolescence, and sex differences may be better reflected as differences in correlation patterns of process variables than as main effects models.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 42 - 43
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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