Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2010 Feb;36(2):147-60. doi: 10.1177/0146167209352250. Epub 2009 Dec 15.
Romantic relationships alter the selves of the individuals within them. Partners develop shared friends and activities and even overlapping self-concepts. This intertwining of selves may leave individuals' self-concepts vulnerable to change if the relationship ends. The current research examines several different types of self-concept change that could occur after a breakup and their relation to emotional distress. Across three studies, using varied methodologies, the authors examined change in both the content (Study 1a and 1b) and the structure of the self-concept, specifically, reduced self-concept clarity (Studies 1 through 3). As predicted, individuals experienced self-concept content change and reduced self-concept clarity post-breakup. Additionally, reduced clarity uniquely predicted post-breakup emotional distress.
浪漫关系会改变其中个体的自我。伴侣会发展共同的朋友和活动，甚至重叠的自我概念。如果关系结束，这种自我的交织可能会使个体的自我概念容易受到影响。当前的研究考察了分手后可能发生的几种不同类型的自我概念变化，以及它们与情绪困扰的关系。通过三项研究，作者使用不同的方法，考察了自我概念内容（研究 1a 和 1b）和结构的变化，具体来说，是自我概念清晰度的降低（研究 1 至 3）。正如所预测的，个体在分手后经历了自我概念内容的变化和自我概念清晰度的降低。此外，清晰度的降低可以独特地预测分手后的情绪困扰。
