Commitment strength versus commitment bolstering: Uncertainty undermines and promotes relationship success

Relationship researchers have long studied factors that boost or detract from relationship success. Social support and premarital counseling are factors that have been shown to boost relationship satisfaction and relationship success. However, little is known about how relationship status may influence attitudes toward social support and premarital counseling. Using a human ecology lens, this study explores the relationship between relationship status and attitudes toward social support and premarital counseling from a sample of 385 individuals. Implications for family practitioners and future researchers are provided based on study results.

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Customer‐specific adaptation by providers and their perception of 3PL‐relationship success

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management ◽

10.1108/09600031111175807 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 41 (9) ◽

pp. 822-838 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Rudolf O. Large ◽

Nikolai Kramer ◽

Rahel Katharina Hartmann

Keyword(s):

Specific Adaptation ◽

Relationship Success

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IT Project Member Turnover and Outsourcing Relationship Success: An Inverted-U Effect

WI2020 Zentrale Tracks ◽

10.30844/wi_2020_m1-apfel ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1333-1348

Author(s):

Isabella Apfel ◽

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Helmut Krcmar ◽

Christoph Pflügler ◽

Manuel Wiesche ◽

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Keyword(s):

It Project ◽

Relationship Success

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Coaching single people for relationship success

Relationship Coaching ◽

10.4324/9781315740935-6 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 79-99

Keyword(s):

Relationship Success

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Relationship social comparisons: Comparison interpretations and attributions as predictors of relationship quality

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407518755018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 1069-1097 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marian M. Morry ◽

Kenny C. Chee ◽

Trinda L. Penniston ◽

Tamara A. Sucharyna

Keyword(s):

Social Comparison ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Social Comparisons ◽

Upward Comparison ◽

Downward Comparison ◽

Relationship Success ◽

Comparison Direction ◽

Dating Relationship

How individuals interpret a relationship social comparison is important to their relationship quality. We asked whether relationship social comparison interpretations (RSCIs) differ from relationship attributions. Individuals were randomly assigned to compare their dating relationship to a friend’s relationship that was doing better (upward comparison) or worse (downward comparison) than their own. Individuals then completed measures for the RSCI and attributions for their own relationship success/failure (Study 1) and attributions for their friend’s relationship success/failure (Study 2). Correlations indicated that the RSCI and attributions were not isomorphic. Simultaneous regressions indicated that the RSCI was a more consistent predictor of relationship quality than were attributions. How individuals interpret social comparisons not just the comparison direction should be studied.

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