According to a study by sociologists from the University of Nicosia, about one in four people have difficulty attracting and retaining close partners. work of scientists published In the journal Evolutionary Psychology.
More than 7,000 people from Austria, Brazil, China, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, England and Ukraine participated in the study. Participants completed a questionnaire in which they rated statements about their sex life on a scale of 1 to 5. They also reported their relationship status and the level of loneliness they felt before, during, and after the relationship.
Therefore, one-third of respondents reported having difficulty in close relationships, half had difficulty starting a relationship, and 38% of respondents had difficulty maintaining a relationship.
These results differed greatly between cultures. For example, 19% of Chinese reported having difficulty initiating close relationships, as opposed to more than 60% of Japanese. In most countries, more than 40% of respondents had difficulty establishing close relationships.
Approximately 38% of the participants stated that they were single, 13% unintentionally and 15% willingly. And they were mostly lonely teenagers.
Source: Gazeta
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