J Soc Psychol. 2014 Mar-Apr;154(2):126-41. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2013.872594.
Eighty-one participants were recruited to test the sensitivity of the mating sociometer to mate-value feedback in the context of ongoing intimate relationships. Experiences of social rejection/acceptance by attractive opposite-sex confederates were manipulated. The effects of this manipulation on self-esteem, relationship satisfaction and commitment, perceptions of dating alternatives, and friendship-dedication were assessed. Social rejection/acceptance by members of the opposite sex altered relationship satisfaction and commitment; this causal link was amplified by changes in state self-esteem; and these effects were specific to intimate relationships and did not generalize to friendship-dedication. This research supports a domain-specific conceptualization of sociometer theory, extending the theory in important directions.
共有 81 名参与者被招募来测试交配社会计量器在持续的亲密关系背景下对伴侣价值反馈的敏感性。通过有吸引力的异性同伙来操纵社交拒绝/接受的体验。评估了这种操纵对自尊、关系满意度和承诺、约会选择的看法以及友谊奉献的影响。异性成员的社交拒绝/接受改变了关系满意度和承诺；这种因果关系因状态自尊的变化而放大；并且这些影响是特定于亲密关系的，不会泛化到友谊奉献。这项研究支持了社会计量器理论的特定领域概念化，从重要方面扩展了该理论。
