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Optimizing assurance: The risk regulation system in relationships.
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A model of risk regulation is proposed to explain how people balance the goal of seeking closeness to a romantic partner against the opposing goal of minimizing the likelihood and pain of rejection. The central premise is that confidence in a partner's positive regard and caring allows people to risk seeking dependence and connectedness. The risk regulation system consists of 3 interconnected "if--then" contingency rules, 1 cognitive, 1 affective, and 1 behavioral. The authors describe how general perceptions of a partner's regard structure the sensitivity of these 3 "if--then" rules in risky relationship situations. The authors then describe the consequences of such situated "if--then" rules for relationship well-being and conclude by integrating other theoretical perspectives and outlining future research directions.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Murray, S. L., Holmes, J. G., & Collins, N. L.
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 2006-09
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 641-666
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2109138470
- Cited by
- 807
- References
- 29
- FWCI
- 29.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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