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5/ Tätä näkökulmaa olemme kollegoiden kanssa tutkineet tarkemmin: Millaisia strategioita monisuhteiset ihmiset käyttävät suhteidensa ylläpitämiseen, ja miten nämä strategiat liittyvät esim. tyytyväisyyteen, sitoutumiseen, koettuun hoivaan ja kestävyyteen.

4/ Lukuisat tutkimukset ovat osoittaneet, että monisuhteet voivat olla ihan yhtä toimivia ja onnellisia kuin monogamisetkin suhteet. Mutta kaikki CNM-suhteet eivät ole automaattisesti yhtä toimivia tai kestäviä.

3/ Monisuhteet tai CNM ei ole yksi suhdemalli, vaan laaja kattokäsite monenlaisille suhteille ja erilaisille suhderakenteille. Ja juuri siksi se on niin mielenkiintoista tutkittavaa! 🧠❤️

2/ Olemme pariutuva (pair-bonding) laji, mutta pariutumisstrategiamme ovat melko joustavia—riippuen yksilöllisistä tekijöistä ja ympäristön signaaleista. Useimmiten ne ilmenevät sarjamonogamiana tai monogamiana pettämisellä maustettuna, mutta myös CNM on ns. "luonnollinen" osa ihmisen repertuaaria.

1/ Evoluutiopsykologia antaa ison kuvan ihmisten pariutumisesta – ja auttaa ymmärtämään myös eettisiä monisuhteita (eng. consensual non-monogamy; CNM).

"Participants across the [hierarchy-preference] spectrum agreed on some key points, including both that some amount of prioritizing among relationships is inevitable and that priorities are never immune from change."

Since we did not find the same interaction when comparing those with one vs multiple partners, the findings suggest that current available sources of eroticism & nurturance (i.e. other partners) may matter less than the orientations used to approach & manage partnerships (e.g. identifying as CNM).

This suggests that eroticism may not be as crucial to CNM individuals’ satisfaction in their primary relationships compared to nurturance. Similarly, CNM individuals in relationships characterized by lower nurturance may still feel generally satisfied if sufficient eroticism is present.

But for CNM folks, N and E interacted:

When eroticism between the respondent and primary partner was low, nurturance had a strong positive association with satisfaction. Eroticism mattered only when nurturance was low.

When nurturance was high, eroticism was not associated with satisfaction.

For monogamous individuals, nurturance and eroticism were again consistently linked to satisfaction—so the amount of one did not influence the importance of the other.

It may be typical and ideal for monogamous individuals to seek both sexual passion and secure companionship from their partner.

We found that, across single- and multi-partnered people, nurturance and eroticism were positively, consistently (regardless of the level of the other element) associated with relationship satisfaction. Interestingly, the association looked different when we compared monogamous and CNM folks...

Our sample included:
* Single-partnered individuals (n=289)
* Multi-partnered individuals (n=335)
Some participants identified as Monogamous (n=217) and some CNM (n=399), so we explored how the aforementioned factors differ by current relationship behavior & identity.

The study examines nurturance (warm loving feelings, closeness, caring) and eroticism (sexual passion, bodily pleasure, arousal) as key factors in romantic satisfaction. While monogamous relationships typically rely on both, CNM #relationships may distribute these needs across multiple partners.