Gonzaga G C, Keltner D, Londahl E A, Smith M D
Department of Psychology, Univesity of California, Berkeley 94720-3210, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2001 Aug;81(2):247-62. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.81.2.247.
On the basis of the proposition that love promotes commitment, the authors predicted that love would motivate approach, have a distinct signal, and correlate with commitment-enhancing processes when relationships are threatened. The authors studied romantic partners and adolescent opposite-sex friends during interactions that elicited love and threatened the bond. As expected, the experience of love correlated with approach-related states (desire, sympathy). Providing evidence for a nonverbal display of love, four affiliation cues (head nods, Duchenne smiles, gesticulation, forward leans) correlated with self-reports and partner estimates of love. Finally, the experience and display of love correlated with commitment-enhancing processes (e.g., constructive conflict resolution, perceived trust) when the relationship was threatened. Discussion focused on love, positive emotion, and relationships.
基于爱情促进承诺这一命题，作者预测，当关系受到威胁时，爱情会激发亲近行为，具有独特的信号，并与增强承诺的过程相关。作者研究了浪漫伴侣和青少年异性朋友在引发爱意并危及关系的互动过程中的表现。不出所料，爱的体验与亲近相关状态（欲望、同情）相关。为爱情的非言语表现提供证据的是，四种亲密线索（点头、杜兴式微笑、手势、身体前倾）与自我报告以及伴侣对爱的评估相关。最后，当关系受到威胁时，爱的体验和表现与增强承诺的过程（如建设性冲突解决、感知到的信任）相关。讨论聚焦于爱情、积极情绪和人际关系。
