Bićan, Romana.
(2007).
Singlehood of women as personal choice or as imposed status.
Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Psychology.
[mentor Kamenov, Željka].
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine is it possible to differentiate women who are single by their own choice and women who are single because they cannot find partners. The assumption was that they could be differentiated by attachment style, by attribution of reasons of singlehood, by satisfaction with singlehood and estimated time in which they could start love relationship. Participants were 65 women, living in Bjelovar, between the age of 20 and 49 . In group of women who are single there is less participants with secure attachment style than it is in population and there is more women with avoidant attachment style. In group of women who are single by their own choice there is less with preoccupied attachment style than it is in general population. In group who are single because they cannot find partners there is more of preoccupied attachment style than it is in general population sample. Participants who are single by their own choice tend to give more internall and more controllable attributions of reasons of single hood. There is no difference in attributions of stability of reasons of single hood between groups. In group of participants who are single by their own choice there are more who are satisfied with their status. In both groups participants do not expect to be single for good and they tend to start love relationship, but not with men who do not meet their expectations. Differences between estimated time in which they could start relationships are not significant but participants who are single by their own choice tend to give longer time intervals.
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