Strivings for Romantic Intimacy Following Partner Complaint or Partner Criticism: A Terror Management Perspective
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The current study examines the effects of partner complaint and partner criticism on strivings for romantic intimacy from the perspective of terror management theory. One hundred and seventy-four Israeli undergraduate students were randomly assigned to either a mortality salience or control condition and were then asked to read a vignette in which they imagined themselves either receiving praise from their romantic partner, receiving a specific complaint from their partner, or being criticized by their partner. Following this procedure, all participants completed a scale assessing their strivings for intimacy with their romantic partner. The results indicated that under mortality nonsalient conditions strivings for intimacy were highest under conditions of praise, followed by conditions of complaint and were lowest under conditions of criticism. However, when mortality was made salient strivings of intimacy were equally high under all three feedback conditions. The results are discussed in light of the growing body of literature on the terror management functions of close relationships.
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Mortality salience bolsters striving for romantic intimacy.
“Indeed, studies have found that MS bolsters striving for romantic intimacy [41], enhances commitment to romantic relationships [42,43], and leads to endorsements of romantic and selfless relationship partners and styles of love [44].”
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- Authors
- Hirschberger, G., Florian, V., & Mikulincer, M.
- Affiliations
- Bar-Ilan University (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Mikulincer, Mario
- Venue
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2003-10
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 675-687
- ISSN
- 0265-4075 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-3608
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- W2072713966
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- 2.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- romantic intimacy, terror management theory, mortality salience, close relationships
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