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Embracing the Bitter “Truth”: Negative Self-Concepts and Marital Commitment
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We propose that because self-concepts allow people to predict (and thus control) the responses of others, people want to find support for their self-concepts. They accordingly gravitate toward relationship partners who see them as they see themselves. For people with negative self-views, this means embracing relationship partners who derogate them. Our findings confirmed this reasoning. Just as persons with positive self-concepts were more committed to spouses who thought well of them than to spouses who thought poorly of them, persons with negative self-concepts were more committed to spouses who thought poorly of them than to spouses who thought well of them.
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- Swann, W. B., Hixon, J. G., & De La Ronde, C.
- Venue
- Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1992-03
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 118-121
- ISSN
- 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9280
- OpenAlex
- W2018042354
- Cited by
- 198
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 10.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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