Diskuze v psychologii 2022, 4(2):52-60 | DOI: 10.5507/dvp.2023.005

The relationship of prosocial tendencies toward the LGBTQ+ community and attachment styles in the population of czech adults

Daniel Lenghart, Michal Čerešník

The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between prosocial tendencies towards the LGBTQ+ community and attachment styles in a population of Czech adults. Two methods of questionnaire nature were used in the research. The first method was the author's original Attachment Styles Questionnaire (Lenghart & Čerešník, 2022). The second method was the original Scale of Prosocial Tendencies towards the LGBTQ+ Community (Lenghart & Čerešník, 2022). This method measures digital, public, and overall prosociality toward the LGBTQ+ community. The research population consisted of 500 Czech adults aged 18 to 64. The mean age of the participants was 29.23 years (SD = 9.472). The research results show that there is a positive relationship between secure attachment and prosocial tendencies and a negative relationship between avoidant attachment and prosocial tendencies. The regression analysis also showed that secure, avoidant, anxious, and disorganized attachments are significant predictors of prosociality levels. Dis­organized attachment was not a significant predictor of digital prosociality.

Keywords: adulthood; attachment style; prosocial tendencies toward LGBTQ+; prosociality; attachment

Received: February 1, 2023; Revised: February 1, 2023; Accepted: May 9, 2023; Published: November 22, 2023  Show citation

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Lenghart D, Čerešník M. The relationship of prosocial tendencies toward the LGBTQ+ community and attachment styles in the population of czech adults. Diskuze v psychologii. 2022;4(2):52-60. doi: 10.5507/dvp.2023.005.
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