Relation between mating strategies, gender, age and attachment styles

Socioseksualna orijentacija odnosi se na spremnost osobe da stupa u neobvezne seksualne odnose. Isprva mjerena kao jednodimenzionalni konstrukt, dijelila je pojedince na restriktivne i nerestriktivne, odnosno one koji se ne upuštaju u neobvezne seksualne odnose i one koji se u njih upuštaju. Na temelju visoke socioseksualne nerestriktivnosti zaključivalo se kako takvi pojedinci primijenjuju strategiju odabira kratkoročnog partnera, dok oni s restriktivnom socioseksualnosti primijenjuju strategiju odabira dugoročnog partnera što se međusobno isključuje. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je primjenom multidimenzionalnog upitnika EMSOI ispitati isključuju li se zaista dvije strategije međusobno te je li i koliko svaka od njih povezana s određenim individualnim karakteristikama. Rezultati su pokazali kako je korelacija između odabira kratkoročnog partnera i odabira dugoročnog partnera niska što ukazuje na nezavisnost strategija. Također, ispitane su razlike u strategijama odabira partnera i prethodnih seksualnih ponašanja s obzirom na spol i privrženost te povezanost odabira strategije i broja prethodnih seksualnih ponašanja s dobi. Rezultati su pokazali kako oba spola prakticiraju obje strategije pri čemu muškarci više žele kratkoročno, a žene dugoročno partnerstvo te kako muškarci prijavljuju veći broj seksualnih iskustava. Nesigurno privrženi pojedinci više odabiru kratkoročne partnere, dok sigurno privrženi više odabiru dugoročne; međutim, nesigurno privrženi pojedinci prijavljuju manji broj prethodnih seksualnih ponašanja. Stariji pojedinci manje biraju dugoročne strategije te imaju veći broj prethodnih seksualnih iskustava, dok kratkoročne najviše biraju ljudi u tridesetim godinama.Sociosexual orientation refers to willingness to be in casual sexual relationships. Initially, it was measured as an unidimensional construct which distinguished individuals as restrictive and non- restrictive. If an individual was high on sociosexual non-restrictiveness, the theory implied that he/she would apply short-term mating strategies, while those with high restrictive sociosexuality would apply long-term mating strategy, which are mutually exclusive. The purpose of this research was to discover if those mating strategies are really mutually exclusive as well as if there is a correlation between mating strategies and individual characteristics by applying EMSOI multidimensional questionnaire. The results show that the correlation between preference for a long-term and short-term partnership is low which further implies that they are independent. Further analysed were relationship of mating strategies and previous sexual behavior with regard to gender and attachment styles as well as relationship of mating strategy and previous sexual behavior with regard to age. Results demonstrate that both men and women want both short-term and long-term partners, with men prefering short-term and women prefering long-term mating. Men also report higher number of previous sexual experiences. Insecurely attached individuals prefer short-term mating while safely attached individuals prefer long-term mating; however, insecurely attached individuals report less previous sexual behaviors compared to securely attached individuals.Older individuals are less likely to chose long-term mating strategies and that they have more sexual experience, while short-term strategies are mostly chosen by individuals in their thirties