Relationship with parents, fear of intimacy and infidelity in romantic relationship

Avtorica je v pričujočem magistrskem delu raziskovala povezanost med kakovostjo odnosa s starši, strahom pred intimo in nezvestobo v partnerskem odnosu. V teoretičnem delu je opisan pomen kakovostnega odnosa z očetom in materjo. V nadaljevanju avtorica na kratko predstavi teorijo navezanosti in njen pomen za razvoj posameznika. Osredotoči se predvsem na odraslo navezanost in na njen vpliv na romantične odnose ter dojemanje intime. Sledi predstavitev pojmov intima in strah pred intimo ter kratka razlaga povezanosti med intimo in odnosi s starši ter partnerskimi odnosi. Na koncu teoretičnega dela se avtorica posveti še definiciji nezvestobe, predstavi vrste nezvestobe in najpogostejše vzroke zanjo. V empiričnem delu sledi predstavitev raziskave, v kateri je sodelovalo 120 naključnih udeležencev. Svoj spol so opredelili 103 udeleženci, od tega je bilo 26 moških in 77 žensk. Rezultati pričujoče raziskave sicer niso pokazali statistično pomembne povezave med kakovostjo odnosa s starši in strahom pred intimo, prav tako ne med nezvestobo in strahom pred intimo. Statistično pomembnih razlik tudi ni bilo med moškimi in ženskami v stopnji nezvestobe, pokazala pa se je statistično pomembna korelacija med odnosom z očetom in nezvestobo pri poročenih udeležencih. Avtorica na podlagi zbranih rezultatov ugotavlja, da se kakovosten odnos s starši v določeni meri povezuje z dojemanjem intime in zvestobe, čeprav se v pričujoči raziskavi to ni pokazalo kot statistično pomembno.The author researched the correlation between the quality of a relationship with a person’s parents and the fear of intimacy and infidelity through the course of her master’s thesis. The significance of a quality relationship with one’s father and mother is described in the theoretical part of the thesis. Through the following chapters, the author briefly presents the theory of attachment and its significance in the development of an individual. She mainly focuses on the attachment of adults and its influence on romantic relationships and the perception of intimacy. A presentation of the terms “intimacy” and “the fear of intimacy” follows, followed by a short explanation regarding the connection between intimacy, relationships between two individuals and the relationship with one’s parents. Finally, the theoretical part is concluded with a definition of infidelity, the different types of it and the reasons why it occurs. An empirical part follows, in which the author presents her research, which was done with the help of 120 random participants. Out of 120 participants, 103 provided information regarding their gender, out of which 26 participants were male and 77 were female. The results of the research provided no statistically important correlation between the quality of the relationship with one’s parents and the fear of intimacy or the correlation between infidelity and the fear of intimacy. No statistically important differences in the extent of infidelity between male and female were found, although a statistically important correlation between the relationship with one’s father and infidelity in the case of married participants was shown. The author, based on the gathered data, concludes that a functioning relationship with one’s parents does indeed correlate with the perception of intimacy and loyalty, although the research did not show it to be statistically important