There has been limited large-scale research on the link between personality traits and polyamory, but studies of consensual nonmonogamy among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals have found that people who are in polyamorous relationships, or express an interest in them, tend to score higher on the Big Five

Why do people get into polyamory?

And finally, some people get into polyamory because theyre interested in a romantic relationship without sex. “They find polyamory appealing because they can still have an emotional, romantic relationship—or multiple relationships—but their partners arent also forced to be asexual or celibate.”