maintaining relationships Flashcards
relationship enhancement program
- Relationship enhancement programs are defined as ‘those that aim to improve the relationship between 2 people that are involved romantically’’ Reardon-Anderson, 2005)
- Prevention not cure
- Education not therapy
- Positive outcomes:
- Stanely et al., (2002)- found specific skills, reduce number of negative interactions, maintain higher levels of relationship satisfaction, reduced chance to break up, effects can last up to 5 years
coach athlete relationships
- Administered CARM-Q to 146 athletes and 105 coaches along with the coach athlete relationship questionnaire
- Strong associations were found between measures:
- Closeness was associated with openness support and social networks
- Commitment was associated with motivation and assurance
- Complementarity was associated with conflict management and preventative strategies
LGBTQ+
- Hass and Lannutti (2022)- 1, 303 ppts (USA)
- Used online survey- relational outcomes 9commitment, satisfcation, closeness, control, mutuality, resilience)
- Found:
- Assurances emerged as the primary predictor of all of the relational outcomes (similar to heterosexual relationships)
- Higher use of communicating relational assurances in unmarried relationships
- Commitment was positively predicted by shared networks
- Satisfaction was positively predicted by conflict management and shared networks
Social support networks
o Social support networks- wives reported more marital satisfaction when their networks included relatives for or frineds of their husbands, or when members in wifes network were related to members in husbands network
o Marital satisfaction was higher among husbands when their network overlapped with those of their wives (cotton et al., 1993)
relationship distress
sullivan 2010
found relationship distress occurs when a partner discloses important thoughts or feelings that are not validated or understood by the other; or when either partner acts to invalidate the other
marriages that work
Huston 2009= description of the behavioural ecology of marriages that work. His studies show that spouses who get on:
Are domestic partners with either traditional or workable and customised gender role patterns
Are lovers- since sex is a core element of most marriages
Are companions and friends- mostly in shared activities
Are supported by social support network- consisting of friends and relatives with whom they visit and socialise
3 factors contributing to an ongoing relationship
Jones 1997 pointed to 3 factors that contribute to an ongoing relationship
Personal dedication- positive attraction to a particular partner and relationship
Moral commitment- a sense of obligation, religious duty or social responsibility, controlled by a persons values and moral principles
Constraint commitment- factors that make it costly to leave a relationship, such as lack of attractive alternatives, and various social, financial or legal investments in the relationship
equity theory
o Clark and Gorte 1998 equity theory focus on benefits and costs
Benefits help. They can be intentional e.g. ‘my husband complimented me on my choice of clothing. Or unitnetional e.g. ‘I like being in public with my wife because she is attractive
Costs hidner- they can be intentional or unitnetional too
Equity theory proposes the winning formula of fairness in relationships: one partner’s benefits minus their costs, should equal another partner’s benefits minus their costs.
If one partner perceives a relationship as unfair, they are going to be dissatisfied with it regardless of whether they are over-benefitting or under-benefitting. According to the Equity Theory, a person who gets more benefits out of relationships than they put in will feel guilt and shame, and those who think they put a lot in but get very little back will be angry and resentful. The longer this feeling of unfairness (lack of equity) goes on, the more likely a couple is to break up.
