Creating satisfaction in steady dating relationships
The role of personal goals and situational affordances
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6200213 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine A Sanderson (Amherst College, corresponding author), Nancy Cantor |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1424-1433 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.73.6.1424 |
| OpenAlex | W4239539009 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 22 |
This research extends previous work indicating that individuals are more effective at regulating their behavior when they are in goal-congruent contexts by examining whether individuals particularly need concrete goal-relevant situational affordances once they are in these broadly affirming contexts. Specifically, the authors explore this issue by using the broad context of steady dating relationships (i.e., intimacy-relevant contexts), and considering the role of both intimacy goals and intimacy-affording daily life situations in producing relationship satisfaction and maintenance over time. Results indicate that those with a strong focus on intimacy experience considerable relationship satisfaction regardless of whether they spend time in daily life situations that facilitate intimacy, whereas those without such a focus depend for satisfaction on the presence of intimacy-conducive situations (e.g., time alone with one's partner, or social support from one's partner). Discussion focuses on the theoretical implications of these findings for the Person X Situation literature
Affordance · Cognitive psychology · Situational ethics · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
Marrying out
Chemistry in the College Dating Process
Unveiling influence
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Receiving support as a mixed blessing
Approach and Avoidance Social Motives and Goals
(In)Congruence of Implicit and Explicit Communal Motives Predicts the Quality and Stability of Couple Relationships
The association between intimacy goals and plans for initiating dating relationships
Korean Pastors and Their Wives’ Marital Satisfaction and Its Predicting Factors
The link between the pursuit of intimacy goals and satisfaction in close same-sex friendships
Intimacy Goals and Strategies of Conflict Resolution in Dating Relationships
The role of factor analysis in the development and evaluation of personality scales
Life Tasks and Daily Life Experience
Adolescents' Development of Romantic Friendship and Change in Favorite Leisure Contexts
Breakups Before Marriage
Choice and avoidance of everyday situations and affect congruence
Intimacy and affiliation motives in daily living
Intimacy and liking
Conflict and preoccupation in the intimacy life task
An ecological perspective on integrating personality and social psychology
Romantic relationships
The role of attributions in the development of dating relationships
Personal goals and social support in close relationships
Influence of attachment styles on romantic relationships
The benefits of positive illusions
The dissolution of romantic relationships
Sex differences in the intimacy of social interaction
Social dating goals in late adolescence
The Relationship Closeness Inventory
Self-disclosure and marital satisfaction
Development and validation of ego-identity status
Attachment style, gender, and relationship stability
Social Support and Health
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2024 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |