Relationships - Maintenance Flashcards
Theories on maintenance of relationships?
Social Exchange Theory and Equity theory
Social exchange theory?
Thibaut and kelley
Thibaut and kelley?
Social exchange theory
Equity theory?
Walster et al
Walster et al?
Equity theory
Aspects of SET?
Profit and loss, Comparison level
Strengths of SET?
Therapies
Real world applications
Weaknesses of SET?
Cultural bias
Reductionist
Cultural bias in SET?
Moghaddam
Moghaddam?
Individualistic western cultures with high mobility value ‘give and take’ while others value security
Therapies from SET?
Jacobson et al’s Integrated Couple’s Therapy (IBCT)
Effectiveness of IBCT?
Christensen et al.
Christensen et al?
2/3 of 60 couples improved
Reductionism in SET?
Duck and Sants
Duck and sants?
SET focusses too much on the individual’s perspective and ignores social aspects - ‘selfish nature’
RL applications of SET?
Rusbult and Martz
Rusbult and Martz
High investment (children, finance, etc) and low alternative could be considered a profit situation and result in remaining in an abusive relationship
Aspects of equity theory?
Inequity and distress, ratio of inputs to outputs
Relationship between SET and equity theory?
Equity is an extension of SET
Research on inequity and distress?
Messick and cook
Messick and cook?
People strive to achieve fairness in relationships and become dissatisfied, and therefore distressed, at unfairness
Stafford and canary?
Satisfaction highest for those who perceived their relationships to be equitable (200 married couples)
Weaknesses of equity theory?
Only applies to exchange relationships
Cultural bias
Contradicting research
Gender bias
Research on equity theory and exchange relationships?
Clark and Mills
Clark and mills?
Exchange relationships are based on economics, while communal (friends or lovers) respond to needs
Cultural bias in equity theory?
Moghaddam
Moghaddam?
Individualistic western cultures with high mobility value ‘give and take’ while others value security
Contradicting research for equity theory?
Demaris
Demaris?
Only subjective index of inequity associated with disruption is the woman’s sense of being under benefited, raising the risk of divorce
Gender bias in equity theory?
Steil and Weltman
Steil and Weltman?
Different views of when a relationship is equitable, e.g. when husband earns more his career is more important, but when the wife earns more they rate neither as more important
