Partner commitment in close relationships mitigates social-class differences in subjective well-being

• Main Authors: TAN, Jacinth J. X., KRAUS, Michael W., IMPETT, Emily A., KELTNER, Dacher
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: social class; commitment; relationships; subjective well-being; Applied Behavior Analysis; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology; Social Psychology and Interaction
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2820; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4077/viewcontent/Partner_commitment_in_close_relationships_mitigates_social_class_differences_in_subjective_well_being.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The present exploratory research examined the possibility that commitment in close relationships among lower class individuals, despite greater strains on those relationships, buffers them from poorer subjective well-being (SWB). In two samples of close relationship dyads, we found that when partner...