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Romantic Relationships Flashcards

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Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love (1988)

3 components

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  1. Intimacy - closeness, connection
  2. Commitment
  3. Passion - physical and emotional arousal

The three components combine tgether to form different types of love
- All 3 = consummate love

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What factors influence attractiveness?

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  1. Proximity
  2. Familiarity
  3. Attitude similarity
  4. Arousal
  5. Environmental factors
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Proximity

Attractiveness

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Festinger et al., 1950

Student housing - Those that live in a closer proximity develop more interpersonal attraction and relationships
* Increased interactions

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Familiarity

Attractiveness

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Moreland & Beach, 1992

The more familiar we are with someone, the more likely to find them attractive

  • evolutionary? see person as more safe and trustworthy
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Attitude similarity

attractiveness

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Newcomb (1956)
- 17 male participants lived together in a shared dorm
- Initially, proximity predicted attraction
- Over time, students with similar pre-acquaintance attitudes became more interpersonally attracted

Attitude similarity is a bigger factor of attraction

Speed dating: Perceived similarity and attitudes in first instance not actual, predicts attraction

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Environmental factors

attractiveness

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The more hot and more crowded, the less attractive you find people

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Arousal

attractiveness

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Fear: Increases physiological arousal (sweaty palms, increased heart rate)

Misattributed arousal to feelings of love

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Gottman’s Love Lab

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Husband and wife worked together for over 50 years and studied over 40,000 couples

Looked at what makes a relationship work - pioneerd a range of data collection and analysis methods

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Four Horsemen of the apocalypse

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  1. Criticism
  2. Contempt
  3. Defensiveness
  4. Stonewalling

All lead to relationship breakdown - 90% accuracy

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Criticism

4 horsemen

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Verbally attacking personality or character

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Contempt

4 horsemen

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Treating the other person with disrespect or ridicule. Thinking of them as lesser

“Your’e digusting”
“What’s wrong with you?”

Biggest predictor of divorce

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Criticism antidote

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Gentle start up: Talk about feelings using ‘I’ statements and express a positive need

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Contempt antidote

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Build a culture of apprciation: Remind yourself of your partner’s positive qualities and find gratitude for positive actions

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Defensiveness

4 horsemen

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Victimising yourself to revers the blame and ward off a percieved attack

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Defensiveness antidote

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Take responsibility: Accept your partner’s perspective and offer an apology for any wrongdoing

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Stonewalling

4 horemen

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Withdrawing to avoid conflict and convey disapproval, distance and seperation

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Stonewalling antidote

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Physiological self-soothing: Take a break and spend time doing something soothing and distracting

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Heterosexual vs homosexual relationships

Gottman et al. (2003)

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40 homo and heterosexual couples (matched)
* Homosexual couples use fewer hostile tactics during conflict

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Predicting divorce

Gottman & Leveson (2000)

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14 year longitudinal study with 79 heterosexual couples

  • 1 horsemen present = divorce after an average of 5.6 years
  • Emotional disengagement present = 9.4 years
  • 93% accuracy of divorce predictions
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Magic ratio

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During conflict - 5:1 ratio
Outside of conflict - 20:1

20 positive interactions for every negative 1

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Social exchange theory

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Cost reward ratio (money, time and love, intimacy)

Both need to be in a state of profit

Comparison to assess profit:
1. Comparison level - how much do we feel we should be rewarded
2. Comparsion level of alternatives - would other relationships be more profitable

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Relationship Breakdown: 4 factors

Levinger (1980)

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  1. A new life is the only solution
  2. Alternatives are available
  3. Expectation that the relationship will fail
  4. Lack of commitment
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Responses to breakdown

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Constructive or destructive
Active or Passive

Loyalty, Neglect, Voice behaviour, exit behaviour

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Relationship Enhancement programmes - what do they do?

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Aim to improve relationships, educate and prevent breakdown

  • Teach specific skills (e.g., conflict management, team working)
  • Reduce number of negative interactions
  • Maintain higher levels of relationship satisfaction
  • Reduced chance of break-up
  • Effects can last up to 5 years
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COMPASS Model

Rhind & Jowett (2010)

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Conducted interviews with coaches and athletes - ‘Times felt or not felt close, committed or complememtary and what factors contributed?’
* Two sides - both people engaging
* Compass - guides relationship, not direction

Conflict management, Openness, Motivational, Preventative
Assurance, Support, Social networks

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Conflict management

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  • Making the effort to understand what’s going on with someone
  • Resolve and negotiate in a calm manner
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Openness

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  • Disclosing private information
  • Feeling assured that you will be listened to
  • Be able to talk about anything
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Motivational

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  • Why should the relationship keep going?
  • Whats the end goal?
  • What effort do we put in to keep it successful?
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Preventative : Compass

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  • Conflict management
  • Manage expectations → e.g. long-distance relationships
  • Setting boundaries
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Assurance

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  • Being committed to the relationship
  • Being there for someone no matter what
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Support

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Offering support in multiple forms → emotional, rational

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Social Networks

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  • Shared networks → integrating groups of friends
  • Come together as a big group
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CARM-Q

Coach Athlete Relationship Maintenance Questionnaire

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146 atheletes and 105 coaches took the CARM-Q
Associations between measure:
- 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

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Haas & Lannutti (2022)

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Online survey, 1300 participants
Tested on Relational outcomes: commitment, satisfaction, closeness, control mutuality, resilience
and Engagement in relational maintenance behaviours
- Assurances emerged as the primary predictor of all of the relational outcomes
- LGBTQ - higher use of communication relational assurances
- Commitment - positively predicted by shared networks
- Satisfaction - positively predicted by conflict management and shared networks

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No ‘one size fits all’

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  • What works for one person might not work for another
  • Different situations causes need for different strategies (e.g. death, pregnancy, illness)
  • Negotiation and compromise
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Stafford and Canary (1991)

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920 couples (married, engaged, dating)
- Perceptions of partner’s relationship maintenance behaviours
- Factor analysis: 5 Maintenance behaviours (Openess, Assurances, Positivity, Sharing tasks, Social networks (OPASS))
- Approaches lead to more commitment, liking, relationship satisfcation and control mutuality

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