Seeking and ensuring interdependence: Commitment desirability and the initiation and maintenance of close relationships

• Main Authors: TAN, Kenneth, AGNEW, Christopher R., HADDEN, Benjamin W.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: commitment; commitment desirability; close relationships; relationship receptivity; perceived partner commitment; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology; Social Psychology and Interaction
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2843; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4100/viewcontent/Seeking_and_Ensuring_Interdependence_Desiring_Commitment_and_the_Strategic_Initiation_and_Maintenance_of_Close_Relationships.pdf; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4100/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/Commitment_Desirability_Scale_Development_and_Validation___OSM.pdf; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4100/filename/1/type/additional/viewcontent/Tan_OnlineAppendix.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The current research offers and examines the concept of commitment desirability, defined as the subjective desire to be involvedin a committed romantic relationship at a given time. In pursuing their desire for a committed romance, how do individualshigh in commitment desirability strategically ensu...