Fostering Partner Dependence as Trust Insurance: The Implicit Contingencies of the Exchange Script in Close Relationships
| dc.contributor.author | Murray, S.L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aloni, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Holmes, J.G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Derrick, J.L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Stinson, D.A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leder, S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-04T23:27:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-04T23:27:00Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2009 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A model of the trust-insurance system is proposed to examine how low and high self-esteem people cope with the interdependence dilemma posed by feeling inferior to a romantic partner. Feeling inferior automatically activates “if-then” contingencies that link inferiority to the exchange script (i.e., partner qualities are evenly traded) and exchange script anxieties to reparative efforts to secure a partner's dependence. A daily diary study of newlyweds and five experiments supported the model. Induced upward social comparisons to the partner activated exchange anxieties for low, but not high, self-esteem people. When implicitly primed, the exchange script heightened worries about being inferior and motivated behavioral efforts to increase the partner's dependence regardless of self-esteem. When consciously deliberated, the exchange script only elicited dependence-promotion for low self-esteem people. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The research reported in this manuscript was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (MH 60105-02) to S. Murray. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Murray, S.L., Aloni, M., Holmes, J.G., Derrick, J.L., Stinson, D.A., Leder, S. (2009). Fostering partner dependence as trust insurance: The implicit contingencies of the exchange script in close relationships. Journal of Personal and Social Psychology, 96(2), 324-348. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0012856 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1037/a0012856 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/13203 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | en_US |
| dc.subject.department | Department of Psychology | |
| dc.title | Fostering Partner Dependence as Trust Insurance: The Implicit Contingencies of the Exchange Script in Close Relationships | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |