著者

川名 好裕

出版者

立正大学心理学研究所

雑誌

立正大学心理学研究所紀要 (ISSN:13482777)

巻号頁・発行日

no.17, pp.1-16, 2019-03-30

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The internet survey was conducted with 518 men and 606 women respondents, age from 20 to 49,all of them from the Tokyo and around areas. The respondents were asked on the most loving opposite-sex person, in daily life. The collected data were categorized into six types of relationships:friends, unrequited lovers, lovers, fiancées, marriage partners, and extramarital partners. Factor analysis was used to identify the elements of attractiveness, which resulted in the extractionof four factors: aesthetic attractiveness, social position and wealth, interpersonal attractiveness andsocial attractiveness. The three-way( sex, age generation, relationship with the partner) multivariateanalysis of variance was performed using factor scores of attractiveness as the dependent variables. As a result of the analysis, men seemed to have a relationship with the female partners with highaesthetic and interpersonal attractiveness in many types of relationship. On the other hand, womenshowed the tendency to have a relationship with men who have high social status and wealth as wellas social attractiveness in many types of relationship. The study results revealed that the complementarityof attractiveness exists between men and women, both are attracted to a person who has differentfeatures which they do not possess. In a marriage relationship, the partner’s attractiveness scoredthe lowest. It was presumed that in marriage, people decide their partners by giving up much of theseeking attractiveness criterion. As a next step, the three-way( sex, age generation, relationship withthe partner) multivariate analysis was performed on the satisfaction and happiness degree from theperspective of relationship. The results showed that the degree of satisfaction and happiness thatcome from the relationship were higher in order of prospective spouse( fiancé or fiancée), marriagepartner, and lover. The levels of satisfaction and happiness in an extramarital relationship were significantlylower than that of a married couple. We will continue to analyze contradictions between the results of attractiveness, satisfaction, andhappiness degree. The emotional connection between partners was also studied and discussed fromthe perspective of“ giving and receiving love.”