When one's partner wants out: Awareness, attachment anxiety and accuracy

Can a person tell whether their romantic partner wants to break up and, if so, how is such accuracy associated with their own attachment anxiety? We examined these questions by proposing and assessing the construct of perceived partner dissolution consideration (PPDC), including its validity. We the...

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Main Authors: TAN, Kenneth, MACHIA, Laura V., AGNEW, Christopher R.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-50402023-08-11T03:18:03Z When one's partner wants out: Awareness, attachment anxiety and accuracy TAN, Kenneth MACHIA, Laura V. AGNEW, Christopher R. Can a person tell whether their romantic partner wants to break up and, if so, how is such accuracy associated with their own attachment anxiety? We examined these questions by proposing and assessing the construct of perceived partner dissolution consideration (PPDC), including its validity. We then assessed the extent to which partners were accurate in their perceptions of each other's dissolution consideration, focusing on the perceiver's attachment anxiety as a potential moderator. Specifically, in two studies involving couples, dyadic analyses of couple data showed that couple members significantly underestimated (negative mean-level bias) partner dissolution consideration and also projected their own dissolution consideration onto their partners. Couple members higher in anxiety were particularly accurate (tracking accuracy) in their assessments of dissolution consideration. Implications for partner perceptions and judgements of dissolution consideration on relationship functioning are considered. 2023-07-05T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3782 info:doi/10.1002/ejsp.2969 Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Close relationships perceived dissolution consideration attachment anxiety truth and bias relationship dissolution Gender and Sexuality Social Psychology
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
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topic Close relationships
perceived dissolution consideration
attachment anxiety
truth and bias
relationship dissolution
Gender and Sexuality
Social Psychology
spellingShingle Close relationships
perceived dissolution consideration
attachment anxiety
truth and bias
relationship dissolution
Gender and Sexuality
Social Psychology
TAN, Kenneth
MACHIA, Laura V.
AGNEW, Christopher R.
When one's partner wants out: Awareness, attachment anxiety and accuracy
description Can a person tell whether their romantic partner wants to break up and, if so, how is such accuracy associated with their own attachment anxiety? We examined these questions by proposing and assessing the construct of perceived partner dissolution consideration (PPDC), including its validity. We then assessed the extent to which partners were accurate in their perceptions of each other's dissolution consideration, focusing on the perceiver's attachment anxiety as a potential moderator. Specifically, in two studies involving couples, dyadic analyses of couple data showed that couple members significantly underestimated (negative mean-level bias) partner dissolution consideration and also projected their own dissolution consideration onto their partners. Couple members higher in anxiety were particularly accurate (tracking accuracy) in their assessments of dissolution consideration. Implications for partner perceptions and judgements of dissolution consideration on relationship functioning are considered.
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author TAN, Kenneth
MACHIA, Laura V.
AGNEW, Christopher R.
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MACHIA, Laura V.
AGNEW, Christopher R.
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title When one's partner wants out: Awareness, attachment anxiety and accuracy
title_short When one's partner wants out: Awareness, attachment anxiety and accuracy
title_full When one's partner wants out: Awareness, attachment anxiety and accuracy
title_fullStr When one's partner wants out: Awareness, attachment anxiety and accuracy
title_full_unstemmed When one's partner wants out: Awareness, attachment anxiety and accuracy
title_sort when one's partner wants out: awareness, attachment anxiety and accuracy
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2023
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3782
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