Ideals in intimate relationships.

Fletcher, Garth J. O.; Simpson, Jeffry A.; Thomas, Geoffrey; Giles, Louise

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.76.1.72

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“…expectancies, of what they consider to be ideal in a romantic partner on factors such as responsiveness and intimacy potential, physical attractiveness, and status/resources Fletcher et al, 1999). Being willing to settle for lower quality mates would increase the pool of acceptable dating candidates and thus reduce the risk of ending up alone.…”

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Settling for less out of fear of being single.

Spielmann¹,

MacDonald²,

Maxwell³

et al. 2013

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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The present research explores a novel construct of fear of being single, without a romantic partner. This research demonstrates that those who fear being single may lower their relationship standards without realizing it, even accounting for constructs typically examined in relationship research such as anxious attachment and neuroticism. Study 1 explored the content of people's thoughts about being single. Studies 2A and 2B involved the development and validation of the Fear of Being Single scale. Study 2C provided preliminary support for the hypothesis that fear of being single predicts settling for less in ongoing relationships, showing that fear of being single predicted greater dependence on unsatisfying relationships. Studies 3A and 3B explored the predictive ability of fear of being single for self-reported dating standards. Across both samples, fear of being single was unrelated to self-reported standards for a mate, with the exception of consistently higher standards for parenting. However, Studies 4 and 5 explored romantic interest in targets that were manipulated to vary in responsiveness (both Studies 4 and 5) and physical attractiveness (Study 5 only). These studies found that fear of being single consistently predicted higher levels of romantic interest in less responsive and less attractive dating targets. Taken together, the present research suggests that fear of being single is a meaningful predictor of settling for less in relationships.iii

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Section: Chapter 5 Settling For Less: Dating Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Settling for less out of fear of being single.

Spielmann¹,

MacDonald²,

Maxwell³

et al. 2013

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

220

217

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“…For example, physical attractiveness may be a marker of genetic fitness and resistance to disease, making attractive people valuable mates, whereas social status affords one's mates and interaction partners social benefits that could not otherwise be obtained (e.g., Buss & Barnes, 1986;Thornhill & Grammer, 1999). Although evolutionary models have recently begun to include predictions about the value of CQs (e.g., Fletcher et al, 1999), the vast majority of evolutionary research on social value focuses on SCs. For example, social exchange and mate selection research indicates that SCs are widely valued in a potential romantic partner, across many diverse cultures (Buss et al, 1990;Buss & Barnes, 1986).…”

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Social acceptance and self-esteem: Tuning the sociometer to interpersonal value.

Anthony

Holmes

Wood

2007

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

111

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The authors draw on sociometer theory to propose that self-esteem is attuned to traits that garner others' acceptance, and the traits that garner acceptance depend on one's social role. Attunement of self-esteem refers to the linkage, or connection, between self-esteem and specific traits, which may be observed most clearly in the association between self-esteem and specific self-evaluations. In most roles, appearance and popularity determine acceptance, so self-esteem is most attuned to those traits. At the same time, interdependent social roles emphasize the value of communal qualities, so occupants of those roles have self-esteem that is more attuned to communal qualities than is the general norm. To avoid the biases of people's personal theories, the authors assessed attunement of self-esteem to particular traits indirectly via the correlation between self-esteem and self-ratings, cognitive accessibility measures, and an experiment involving social decision making. As hypothesized, self-esteem was generally more attuned to appearances than to communal qualities, but interdependent social roles predicted heightened attunement of self-esteem to qualities like kindness and understanding.

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“…A maioria dos cônjuges deste estudo acreditava que o seu relacionamento tinha influência, tanto direta quanto indireta, nas relações mantidas com a criança, assim como também percebiam o filho, como interferindo no relacionamento marital, corroborando os achados de outros autores (Belsky, 1984;Deal et al, 1999;Kreppner, 2000) sobre a influência do casal no filho. Além disso, Braz et al (2005) observaram uma maior proporção de casais de classe média satisfeitos com seus relacionamentos maritais em comparação aos de classe mais baixa, indo ao encontro de resultados previamente publicados (Fletcher et al, 1999;Gottman, 1998).…”

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Conflitos conjugais e familiares e presença de transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade (TDAH) na prole: revisão sistemática

Guilherme

Mattos

Serra-Pinheiro

et al. 2007

J. bras. psiquiatr.

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Palavras-chaveTranstorno de déficit de atenção/hiperatividade, funcionamento conjugal, família. resumoO transtorno do déficit de atenção e hiperatividade (TDAH) é um dos transtornos neurobiológicos com maior prevalência na infância e pode implicar dificuldades no funcionamento conjugal dos pais das crianças afetadas, bem como sofrer influência do mesmo. objetivo: Realizar uma revisão sistemática acerca dos aspectos conjugais em famílias de crianças com TDAH, relacionando-os com outras variáveis, como a presença de comorbidades, aspectos socioeconômicos e saúde mental dos pais. métodos: Revisão sistemática de literatura por meio do PubMed entre os anos de 1996 e 2006, utilizando os termos "ADD", "ADHD", "Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder", "Attention-Deficit", "marital conflict" e "family". resultados: Dezesseis estudos dentre 628 publicações iniciais e 55 artigos posteriormente incluídos pelas referências bibliográficas foram avaliados. O relacionamento conjugal aparece comprometido em grande parte da literatura, principalmente nos pais daquelas crianças que apresentam distúrbio desafiador e de oposição (DDO) ou distúrbio de conduta comórbidos. Contudo, resultados opostos também são encontrados em diversas pesquisas. Conclusões: Os resultados de pesquisas referentes ao funcionamento conjugal de pais destas crianças são heterogêneos. É preciso que sejam feitos estudos longitudinais, que possam esclarecer o impacto do transtorno nos conflitos conjugais de pais de portadores, bem como a influência destes últimos na expressão clínica do transtorno. abstraCt Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurobiological disorders among children and might either influence or be influenced by problems in marital func

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Ideals in intimate relationships.

Cited by 519 publications

References 44 publications

Settling for less out of fear of being single.

Settling for less out of fear of being single.

Social acceptance and self-esteem: Tuning the sociometer to interpersonal value.

Conflitos conjugais e familiares e presença de transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade (TDAH) na prole: revisão sistemática

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