Prototype analysis of the concept of compassionate love

Fehr, Beverley; Sprecher, Susan

doi:10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01227.x

Cited by 75 publications

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“…Of them, 12 features were selected above the median from the prototypicality ratings in study 1, while 12 features were selected below the median (see Table 1). This number of features is comparable with Fehr and Sprecher's (2009) analysis of compassionate love in which 15 prototypical and 15 nonprototypical features were selected for the prototype verification studies.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A prototype analysis of relational boredom

Harasymchuk

Fehr

2012

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Boredom has been described as a major obstacle to maintaining lasting love (Aron & Aron (1986). However, empirical research on this important challenge to relationship maintenance has been hampered by the lack of an agreed-upon definition of the construct. We tested the hypothesis that relational boredom is amenable to a prototype conceptualization. In study 1, participants provided prototypicality ratings for the features of relational boredom. Features such as ''lack of interest in partner'' and ''no longer exciting'' were considered prototypical of the construct, whereas features such as ''nothing in common'' and ''too similar'' were considered nonprototypical. We confirmed this prototype structure in the remaining studies. In study 2, when information that a couple was experiencing boredom was given, participants were more likely to infer that prototypical, than nonprototypical, features characterized the relationship. In study 3, the prototypical features were verified more quickly than the nonprototypical features in a reaction time task. In study 4, when a relationship was described in terms of prototypical, rather than nonprototypical, features of boredom, participants inferred greater boredom in the relationship. Moreover, these inferences were drawn more strongly for boredom than another negative relational state, namely conflict. Implications of these findings for theorizing and research on relational boredom are discussed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A prototype analysis of relational boredom

Harasymchuk

Fehr

2012

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Indeed, although participants were asked to think about a person for whom they felt an immediate attraction after seeing him/her for the fi rst time, most indicated to personally know (94.1%) and to have previously interacted (97.0%) with such target. This converges with the notion that people tend to consider close others when asked to think of a person (Fehr & Sprecher, 2009). Hence, in the second study we aimed at validating the MIA-I in a context devoid of objective information or knowledge about the other person (Study 2a), and also study UIA's differentiation from liking (Study 2b).…”

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confidence: 57%

Development and validation of the measure of initial attraction- Short Interest Scale (MIA-I)

Rodrigues¹,

Lopes²

2015

Psicol. Reflex. Crit.

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Unilateral initial attraction (UIA) is a positive affective reaction following a unilateral perception of an unknown target, defi ning the fi rst stage in developing a new interpersonal relationship. Although little attention is given to this construct, literature suggests it has a physiological activation component as well as an interpersonal interest component. However, this interest component emerges as necessary to willingly approach another person and eventually initiate interaction. Based on these evidences, we developed and validated the Measure of Initial Attraction -Interest Short Scale (MIA-I) in a sample of Portuguese-speaking individuals (Study 1, N = 544). Results suggest the MIA-I is a valid and reliable instrument (Study 1; Study 2a), and show its capacity to discriminate UIA across different relationships (Study 1) and to differentiate UIA from passion and love (Study 1). Towards an unknown target, the MIA-I also distinguished UIA from liking (Study 2b). These results show that the MIA-I assesses a specifi c construct, differentiated from liking, passion and love, and suggest its importance to understand the UIA phenomenon.

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“…Although a number of studies have examined either single emotions (e.g., Fehr & Sprecher, 2009;Parrott & Smith, 1991;Russell & Fehr, 1994), or a variety of emotions (e.g., Fitness & Fletcher, 1993;Russell, 1991), from a probabilistic perspective, this research does not correspond precisely with the appraisal-emotion relationships of interest here because the emotion prototypes examined in those studies have included, but not been limited to, appraisals. These studies are likely to have detected one or two particularly salient appraisals that (along with other characteristics of an emotion experience such as physiological symptoms and behaviours) best represent the emotion in its totality.…”

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Alternatives to the fixed-set model: A review of appraisal models of emotion

Fernando

Kashima

Laham

2015

Cognition and Emotion

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Over several decades, appraisal theory has emerged as a prominent theoretical framework explaining the elicitation and differentiation of emotions, and has stimulated a great deal of theorising and empirical research. Despite the large amount of research in this area, there are many aspects of appraisal theory and research that remain unclear or problematic. In this review, we identify a common assumption of many appraisal theories-the fixed appraisal set-and argue that this assumption, combined with a lack of explicit theorising about the predicted relationship between appraisals and emotions, leads to a lack of clarity in both appraisal models and the empirical testing of those models. We recommend that appraisal theorists move in a direction already taken by a small number of theorists, and adopt the starting assumption of a variable appraisal set. We further suggest that theories of concepts and categorisation may inform theorising about appraisal-emotion relationships.

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Prototype analysis of the concept of compassionate love

Cited by 75 publications

References 49 publications

A prototype analysis of relational boredom

A prototype analysis of relational boredom

Development and validation of the measure of initial attraction- Short Interest Scale (MIA-I)

Alternatives to the fixed-set model: A review of appraisal models of emotion

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