Ego Disjunction as a Factor in Intersexual Attraction

The influence of individuals' intrapsychic motivational conflicts on intersexual dyad formation was investigated. Both members of 71 engaged couples served as Ss. Motivational conflict was assessed with two indices of ego disjunction, one developed by Trehub and the other derived by the present authors from the Trehubian model. Low albeit significant positive correlations were found between the scores of male and female Ss. These results are interpreted as indicative of a modest tendency for persons high in motivational conflict to be attracted to one another.