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Deconstructing the association between relationship maintenance and commitment: Testing two competing models
Author(s) -
OGOLSKY BRIAN G.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01212.x
Subject(s) - psychology , association (psychology) , multilevel model , relationship maintenance , social psychology , sample (material) , perception , positive relationship , hierarchical database model , statistics , computer science , psychotherapist , mathematics , chemistry , neuroscience , chromatography , data mining
In this study, the author compares 2 models: the information‐seeking model, in which perceptions of relationship maintenance predict subsequent commitment, and the motivational model, in which commitment predicts subsequent perceptions of relationship maintenance, by means of a daily, cross‐lagged, dyadic design. The moderating effects of relationship length and global commitment are also tested. A sample of 98 same‐sex couples from the United States completed an Internet daily diary for 14 consecutive days. The results of 2 hierarchical linear models showed that, as predicted, the information‐seeking model was characteristic of couples who had been together for a shorter amount of time whereas the motivational model better characterized couples who had been together longer.