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      Socioeconomic disadvantage as a risk factor for attachment insecurity: The moderating role of gender

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      Author(s)
      Sakman, Ezgi
      Solak, Nevin
      Sümer, Nebi
      Date
      2022
      Source Title
      Journal of Family Issues
      Print ISSN
      0192-513X
      Electronic ISSN
      1552-5481
      Publisher
      SAGE
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      0
      Issue
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      Pages
      1 - 22
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      Although socioeconomic conditions are crucial predictors of adult attach ment, the relationships between attachment patterns and distinct dimensions of socioeconomic disadvantage, reflecting its structure as a multi-faceted social construct, remain largely unexplored. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of the previous studies utilized samples from Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) societies, so little is known about how these relationships unfold in underrepresented cultural contexts. To fill these gaps, we explored the relationships between attachment dimensions and multiple indicators of socioeconomic disadvantage in a large community sample of married couples (N = 2622) in Turkey. We expected that indicators of socioeconomic disadvantage would be positively related to both attachment anxiety and avoidance, particularly among women. In line with our expectations, we found that several indicators of socioeconomic disadvantage are related to both dimensions of insecure attachment. Furthermore, lower income levels emerged as a predictor for women’s attachment avoidance. Results are discussed in light of gender, evolutionary, and cultural perspectives.
      Keywords
      Attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance
      Socioeconomic disadvantage
      Gender
      Evolutionary
      Cultural perspectives
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/111345
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      https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513X221105250
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