This Master's thesis attempts to link three important constructs: self-esteem, fear of intimacy and (un)limited sociosexual behaviour. In the theoretical part, the author touches upon the topics of self-esteem, intimacy and finally sociosexual orientation. Each chapter starts with an explanation of the meaning of each previously mentioned construct, continues to explain the differences between the sexes and lastly links together all three topics. The theoretical part is then followed by an empirical part, which included 204 participants, 34 of which were male and 170 female, and presents the findings of this research. The results have partially confirmed the hypothesis, which states that there are statistically significant differences between men and women regarding self-esteem, fear of intimacy and limitation of sociosexual behaviour. The author found that on average, men experience a higher level of fear of intimacy than women do. In relation to the degree of self-esteem, average values show that both sexes value their own worth approximately equally, whereas in (un)limited sociosexual orientation, men have proven to be more permissive while women appear to be more restrictive. Afterwards, the author also examined various connections among the three variables. The results have shown no statistically significant connection between the levels of self-esteem and sociosexual orientation. Furthermore, a small correlation between the variables of sociosexual orientation and fear of intimacy has been discovered. Persons, who fear intimacy more, express a higher degree of limitlessness in sociosexual behaviour. Self-esteem and fear of intimacy are similarly connected. It has also been gathered from the results that individuals with higher levels of self-esteem experience less fear of intimacy than those with lower levels.
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