Development and evaluation of a measure of fear of commitment.

Serling, Deborah A.; Betz, Nancy E.

doi:10.1037/0022-0167.37.1.91

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“…Fear of commitment may also be a factor in some students, especially those having trouble choosing. Serling and Betz (1990) suggested that fear of commitment might signify avoidance behavior. Having trouble choosing might imply an avoidance of the issue.…”

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Career Decidedness Types: A Literature Review

Gordon

1998

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Twenty years of research on multiple subtypes of career undecided and decided students was examined to determine if any similarities exist across the types identified in these studies. Some common characteristics of students at various levels of decidedness seemed evident in the 15 studies reviewed. This article organizes the results of these studies based on level of decision status and the descriptions of characteristics or traits ascribed to the students in various types. Counseling implications are offered for each type.

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Career Decidedness Types: A Literature Review

Gordon

1998

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“…Items like "While making most decisions I am slow/quick" (Career Factors Inventory, Chartrand et al, 1990) and "I try to put off making decisions" (Indecisiveness scale, Frost & Shows, 1993) refer to the decisional process itself, whereas items like "I seem not to feel good about myself much of time," "I often feel helpless in dealing with unpleasant situations" (Indecisiveness scale, Cooper et al, 1984), and "For me decision making seems frustrating/fulfilling" (Career Factors Inventory, Chartrand et al, 1990) refer to feelings that may be correlates or causal factors of indecisiveness. Although research shows that there is a relationship between decision problems and personality characteristics, like low self-esteem (Kishor, 1981;Salomone, 1982;Serling & Betz, 1990), when items referring to such characteristics are included, the resulting measure of indecisiveness is confounded, so that it is no longer appropriate for studying the relation between indecisiveness and these other variables.…”

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A Measurement Scale for Indecisiveness and its Relationship to Career Indecision and Other Types of Indecision

Germeijs

Boeck

2002

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

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Summary:A scale for indecisiveness was constructed and then used to investigate distinctive features of indecisiveness. In the literature on decision making, the distinction between indecision and indecisiveness is an important issue, but evidence showing that these two constructs are different is lacking. We found clear evidence for such a distinction, from a joint exploratory factor analysis of the indecisiveness scale and a career indecision scale, and from the differential relation of both with self-esteem as a third variable. Furthermore, with confirmatory factor analysis, we found that the correlations between items on career indecision cannot be explained only by indecisiveness, and that also a factor specific to the situation of career decision is needed. These results corroborate the distinction between career indecision and indecisiveness. Although it must be differentiated from specific types of indecision, such as career indecision, indecisiveness turned out to be a correlate of the specific indecisions -one that can explain the intercorrelations between different kinds of more specific indecision.

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“…However, while subjects move away from no commitment to some commitment, many are reluctant to give up the possibility to withdraw from commitment in the future, even if this comes both at a loss in expected payoff and increased payoff variance. Such "fear of commitment" has also been studied in psychology (Serling and Betz 1990), although there it describes how people adhere to action plans, rather than relationships. Bowlby (1969) studies a phenomenon called "attachment style", a classification of people's emotions and behavior with respect to the parent-child relation and romantic relationships.…”

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Long-Term Commitment and Cooperation

Schneider¹,

Weber²

2013

SSRN Journal

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We study how the willingness to enter long-term bilateral relationships affects cooperation even when parties have little information about each other, ex ante, and cooperation is otherwise unenforceable. We experimentally investigate a finitelyrepeated Prisoner's Dilemma, allowing players to endogenously select interaction durations. Consistent with prior research, longer interactions facilitate cooperation. However, many individuals avoid long-term commitment, with uncooperative types less likely to commit than conditional cooperators. Endogenously chosen long-term commitment yields higher cooperation rates (98% in one condition) than exogenously imposed commitment. Thus, the willingness to enter into long-term relationships provides a means for fostering-and screening for-efficient cooperation. * .

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Development and evaluation of a measure of fear of commitment.

Cited by 53 publications

References 44 publications

Career Decidedness Types: A Literature Review

Career Decidedness Types: A Literature Review

A Measurement Scale for Indecisiveness and its Relationship to Career Indecision and Other Types of Indecision

Long-Term Commitment and Cooperation

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