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Attachment Styles and Paraphilic Sexual Interests in Users of Online Dating Sites in COVID-19 Pandemic

George-Catalin Alexandru , Cristian Delcea , Loredana Neli Gligor , Manuela Gyorgy

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the particularities of attachment styles in association with paraphilic sexual interests, such as fetishism and exhibitionism for online dating users in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of 95 voluntary participants were chosen randomly, aged between 18 and 66, with an age average of m=40.61, SD= 1.11. 38.9% of them declared they were male and 61.1% declared they were female. The data was collected with A.A.S. Adult Attachment Scale, Questionnaire of paraphilic disorders. Significant differences were obtained between attachment styles and paraphilic sexual interests for permanent users of online dating and non-users before the pandemic. No association was found between the attachment styles and the paraphilic sexual interests of permanent online dating users and non-users before the pandemic. The pandemic context is felt as a state of insecurity, determining an amplification of the entire individual traits arsenal. In this uncertain context, the state of mental alertness brings to the surface a series of hidden traits in the form of much more meaningful manifestations than in a secure environment.


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Alexandru G, Delcea C, Gligor LN, Gyorgy M. Attachment Styles and Paraphilic Sexual Interests in Users of Online Dating Sites in COVID-19 Pandemic. Arch Pharm Pract. 2023;14(2):185-90. https://doi.org/10.51847/FTMApJLVrp
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Alexandru, G., Delcea, C., Gligor, L. N., & Gyorgy, M. (2023). Attachment Styles and Paraphilic Sexual Interests in Users of Online Dating Sites in COVID-19 Pandemic. Archives of Pharmacy Practice, 14(2), 185-190. https://doi.org/10.51847/FTMApJLVrp

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