Cramer Duncan
Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, England.
J Psychol. 2003 Sep;137(5):495-505. doi: 10.1080/00223980309600631.
According to predictions of self-esteem theorists, the association between self-esteem and satisfaction with a relationship will be negative under perceptions of high acceptance and positive under perceptions of low acceptance; consistency theorists make the opposite prediction. The author primarily sought to test those predictions. By completing 4 measures, 88 female and 62 male students described their main current romantic relationship (defined as being in love and physically intimate), and 54 female and 32 male students described their relationship with their closest friend. Results supported only the self-esteem predictions for the romantic relationship. Contrary to this perspective, need for approval did not mediate this effect. In addition, self-esteem was significantly and positively correlated with satisfaction with the romantic relationship under high but not low need for approval.
根据自尊理论家的预测，在高接纳感认知下，自尊与对一段关系的满意度之间的关联将是负面的，而在低接纳感认知下则是正面的；一致性理论家则做出相反的预测。作者主要试图检验这些预测。通过完成4项测评，88名女学生和62名男学生描述了他们当前主要的恋爱关系（定义为恋爱且有身体亲密接触），54名女学生和32名男学生描述了他们与最亲密朋友的关系。结果仅支持了关于恋爱关系的自尊预测。与这一观点相反，对认可的需求并未调节这种效应。此外，在高认可需求而非低认可需求情况下，自尊与恋爱关系满意度显著正相关。
