Shelly Gable

Shelly Gable

Shelly Gable appears on this site as co-author of the 2005 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology paper on daily sacrifice in intimate relationships.

Who they are

The work of Shelly Gable reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Approach and Avoidance Motives for Sacrifice.

Key papers

Impett, E. A., Gable, S. L., & Peplau, L. A. (2005). Giving up and giving in: The costs and benefits of daily sacrifice in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(3), 327-344. What it reports: A measure of everyday sacrifice and a two-week diary study of dating couples. Sacrifices made to reach a good outcome for the partner went with better relationship quality, while sacrifices made to avoid conflict or disappointment went with worse quality and lower stability over time.

Key ideas

Approach and Avoidance Motives for Sacrifice: Giving up a preference to reach a good outcome for a partner versus to prevent a bad one; the two went with different relationship outcomes in a diary study.

Sources

  1. Impett, E. A., Gable, S. L., & Peplau, L. A. (2005). Giving up and giving in: The costs and benefits of daily sacrifice in intimate relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 89(3), 327-344.