1 University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
2 Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2018 Oct;44(10):1487-1501. doi: 10.1177/0146167218769869. Epub 2018 May 9.
The present research examines the implications of having relationship partners who serve as means to multiple goals. Specifically, we test the hypotheses that (a) partners who serve more goals will be evaluated as more interpersonally close, supportive, and responsive than those who serve fewer goals, and (b) partners who serve more goals will be less common in social networks than those who serve fewer goals. Three studies ( N = 1,064) found consistent support for these hypotheses while examining relationships with all members of participants' active social network and their full range of goal pursuits. In addition, we found that the association between number of goals a partner serves and relationship evaluation is stronger for people who perceived their social networks as less (vs. more) instrumental on average, and among people who perceived their relationships as less close, less supportive, and less responsive, on average. Implications for close relationships are discussed.
本研究探讨了拥有同时服务于多个目标的关系伙伴所带来的影响。具体而言，我们检验了以下假设：(a) 与那些服务于较少目标的伙伴相比，服务于更多目标的伙伴会被评价为更亲密、更支持和更响应；(b) 与那些服务于较少目标的伙伴相比，服务于更多目标的伙伴在社交网络中会更为少见。三项研究（N=1064）在考察参与者活跃社交网络中的所有成员及其所有目标追求的同时，一致支持了这些假设。此外，我们发现，与那些认为自己的社交网络平均而言不那么（相比之下更）工具化的人相比，与那些认为自己的关系平均而言不那么亲密、不那么支持和不那么响应的人相比，伙伴服务的目标数量与关系评价之间的关联更强。讨论了对亲密关系的影响。
