A relational uncertainty analysis of jealousy, trust, and maintenance in long‐distance versus geographically close relationships

Affection Deprivation in Romantic Relationships

“…However, most research asserts that relational uncertainty has negative effects in close relationships. Dainton and Aylor (2001) found that relational uncertainty was negatively correlated with trust, assurances, and openness. Relational uncertainty has also been found to be associated with more negative appraisals of irritations in the relationship (Solomon & Knobloch, 2004;Theiss & Solomon, 2006), greater experience of jealousy (Afifi & Reichert, 1996;Knobloch, Solomon, & Cruz, 2001;Worley & Samp, 2014), and the use of deception (Emmers & Canary, 1996) and topic avoidance (Knobloch & Carpenter-Theune, 2004).…”

Patterns of communication channel use in the maintenance of long‐distance relationships

“…Two characteristics in particular-satisfaction and commitment-have received the lion's share of attention. However, Dainton and Kilmer (1999) argue that given the physical separation between partners, a third relational characteristic-trust-is salient when discussing LDRs.…”

Development and Initial Validation of the Coalitional Mate Retention Inventory

“…However, individuals who spend time apart from their partner because of logistics (e.g., long-distance relationships, work schedules, business trips) would score lower on these two tactics, but not necessarily because they lack motivation to perform mate retention. In fact, the time individuals spend apart from their partner is the time they cannot account for their partner's behaviors and is, therefore, the time during which there may be greatest motivation to perform mate retention (Dainton and Aylor 2001;McKibbin et al 2011;Pham and Shackelford 2013;Shackelford et al 2007Shackelford et al , 2002.…”