Expanding me, loving us
Self-expansion preferences, experiences, and romantic relationship commitment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15411374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erin K Hughes (0000-0002-9934-692X, Northwestern University, corresponding author), Erica B Slotter (0000-0003-3760-7546, Villanova University), Lydia F Emery (0000-0001-5616-8222, Northwestern University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 227-246 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Self and Identity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1529-8868 • E-ISSN: 1529-8876 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15298868.2022.2074092 |
| OpenAlex | W4280501443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
Self-expansion is a process through which people increase the size of their self-concept by incorporating novel content into their sense of identity. Greater self-expansion predicts positive outcomes for individuals and romantic relationships. However, there are individual differences in the motivation to self-expand. In the present research, we predicted that the experience of relational self-expansion would be associated with relationship commitment most strongly for people who were more motivated to self-expand. We found support for this hypothesis across three studies (total N = 686), with an online sample of individuals in relationships and two dyadic samples, using both cross-sectional and longitudinal methods. This research suggests that those who are motivated by personal self-expansion and experience self-expansion in their relationships are especially romantically committed
Developmental psychology · Identity (music · Psychoanalysis · Romance · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Psychology · Social Psychology
Love and the expansion of self
The principles of psychology.
Introduction to Meta‐Analysis
The Self-Expansion Model of Motivation and Cognition in Close Relationships
Value From Regulatory Fit
The Multiple Self-Aspects Framework
The Dynamic Self-Concept
The Measurement of Perceived Relationship Quality Components
The Satisfaction With Life Scale
Confusion or Clarity? Examining a Possible Tradeoff Between Self-Expansion and Self-Concept Clarity
Knowing Who You Are and Adding to It
Predicting nonmarital romantic relationship dissolution
“I’ll never be in a relationship like that again”
The Investment Model Scale
“You make me a better/worse person”
An Expanded Self is a More Capable Self
A very brief measure of the Big-Five personality domains
Where do you end and I begin? Evidence for anticipatory, motivated self–other integration between relationship partners
Couples' shared participation in novel and arousing activities and experienced relationship quality
Safely testing the alarm
A longitudinal test of the investment model
When Accuracy Hurts, and When It Helps
Self-schemata and processing information about the self
Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness
Broadening your horizons
The structure of psychological well-being revisited
Obstacles to Ethnic Diversity in Marital Research
Do shared self-expanding activities have to be physically arousing
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |