Giving up and giving in: The costs and benefits of daily sacrifice in intimate relationships
Impett, Gable and Peplau, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 89(3), 2005, 327-344. Study 1 documented everyday sacrifices by dating partners and built a measure; Study 2 was a two-week daily diary of college students in dating relationships. Approach motives were linked to better relationship quality and avoidance motives to worse; avoidance-based sacrifice was especially harmful to maintaining the relationship over time; perceiving a partner's approach motives also related to relationship quality.
Impett, Gable and Peplau, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 89(3), 2005, 327-344. Study 1 documented everyday sacrifices by dating partners and built a measure; Study 2 was a two-week daily diary of college students in dating relationships. Approach motives were linked to better relationship quality and avoidance motives to worse; avoidance-based sacrifice was especially harmful to maintaining the relationship over time; perceiving a partner's approach motives also related to relationship quality.
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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. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.89.3.327 https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.89.3.327