Social Justice in Love Relationships: Recent Developments

Abstract

In all societies, people are concerned with justice.

Strategies and Outcomes of HIV Status Disclosure in HIV-Positive Young Women with Abuse Histories

“…51,52 These narratives thus suggest an exchange pattern within relationships that may further elucidate motives for lack of disclosure within certain types of relationships, with certain types of partners, and at particular points within the relationship. These exchange patterns align with theories of exchange within sexual relationships including equity theory 53,54 and investment theory. [54][55][56][57] Similar to findings from previous research demonstrating increased disclosure of serostatus to primary and longer term partners, women in this study were more likely to disclose their HIV status to longer term partners, choosing to exchange this information with trusted partners with whom they were willing to share a level of intimacy.…”

Da li je jednakost u pokazivanju ljubavi važna za zadovoljstvo brakom?

“…Coupled with the fact that the association of equity, level of rewards and marital satisfaction did not vary with the length of marriage we can conclude that men and women in our sample are happily married. Studies show that concerns of equity become more important when relationships are strained and in their decline phase (Hatfield et al, 2008), which is clearly not the case in this study. Individuals who are prospering in their relationships spend little time monitoring their exchanges and, even if they do notice imbalances they tend to dismiss them.…”

“…Since there were no significant gender*equity interactions, for reasons of clarity, we decided to show only the one-way ANOVA results. Also, because of the temporal variation of the importance of equity (Hatfield, Rapson, and Aumer-Ryan, 2008), we included the length of marriage as a covariate. ANCOVA showed that all results are independent of length of marriage so we present only the ANOVA data.…”

“…Greater importance of rewards over equitable exchange seems to be especially salient for married individuals. Fairness and equity seem to be more important in the beginning of the relationship and during the later phase of deterioration or decline of couple's interconnectedness, while married couples seem to be less bothered by momentary unfairness, confident that "it will all work out in the end" (Hatfield et al, 2008). Also, equity is only a minor issue when people are content, but is more important when people are dissatisfied with their relationships (Holmes & Levinger, 1994) and married couples that decide to participate in research studies are usually relatively satisfied with their marriages.…”

“…According to social exchange theories, two things are important for people in intimate relationships: people care about how rewarding or punishing their relationships are, but they also care whether these relationships are fair and equitable (Hatfield, Rapson, & Aumer-Ryan, 2008). Social exchange theorists argue that all human relationships involve processes of exchanging activities that are rewarding for all involved.…”