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

• Main Authors: TAN, Kenneth, MACHIA, Laura V., AGNEW, Christopher R.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: Close relationships; perceived dissolution consideration; attachment anxiety; truth and bias; relationship dissolution; Gender and Sexuality; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3782
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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...