Syracuse University, NY, USA.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2021 Aug;47(8):1279-1293. doi: 10.1177/0146167220966903. Epub 2020 Nov 5.
Across three studies (total = 993) with diverse methodologies (i.e., experimental studies, longitudinal in vivo sampling), we found that there are distinct reasons why individuals believe their romantic relationship will become, or did become, less committed, and reasons why individuals believe their relationships will become, or became, more committed. Whereas the strongest endorsed reasons to stay (e.g., satisfaction) are the same as the strongest endorsed reasons to leave (e.g., dissatisfaction), there are many constructs that are more strongly endorsed as either leave reasons (e.g., quality of alternatives) or stay reasons (e.g., love). These reasons are important glimpses into the process that occurs when someone is deciding whether to stay or leave a relationship, and results empirically confirm a core tenet of Interdependence Theory that until now has been only theoretical (i.e., some outcomes contribute more motivation to staying in the current relationship, whereas others contribute more motivation to leaving).
在三项采用不同方法（即实验研究、纵向体内采样）的研究中（总计=993），我们发现，人们认为自己的恋爱关系将变得不那么投入或已经变得不那么投入，以及人们认为自己的关系将变得更加投入或已经变得更加投入，原因各有不同。虽然留下来的最强理由（例如，满意）与离开的最强理由（例如，不满）相同，但也有许多构念更强烈地被视为离开的理由（例如，替代品的质量）或留下的理由（例如，爱）。这些理由是洞察人们决定是否留在或离开关系的过程的重要线索，研究结果从经验上证实了相互依赖理论的一个核心原则，即直到现在这一原则还只是理论上的（即，一些结果对留在当前关系的动机贡献更大，而另一些结果对离开关系的动机贡献更大）。
