Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Maintenance of relationships
- SOCIAL EXCHANGE THEORY
- Thibaut and Kelley - we try and
get as much out of a relationship as
we can by MAXIMISING rewards
and MINIMISING costs
- Thibaut and Kelley proposed a comparison level -
the comparison level for alternatives is when they
compare the rewards of starting a new relationship
with the costs of ending their current one.
Relationships only maintained if benefits outweigh
costs
- RUSBULT (support) The costs and rewards
of relationships were compared to those of
alternative relationships to asses whether
relationship could be maintained.
- RUSBULT AND
MARTZ - SET
can explain why
women stay in
abusive
relationships
when
investments=high
and
alternatives=low -
still a profit
situation
- 4 stages
1. sampling
2.bargaining
3.commitment
4.institutionalisation
- EQUITY THEORY
- WALSTER ET AL - fairness is the
most important factor in whether a
relationship can be maintained.
- We would feel uncomfortable not
only if we were giving more than
we got but also if we were getting
more than we give
- messick and
cook - pople
become
distressed if
they perceive
unfairness
- SUPPORT- Stafford and Canary - 200 married couples,
questionnaires, satisfaction was highest for those who
thought that they were in equitable relationships than
inequitable
- Dainton (support) looked at 213
people in romantic relationships -
relationships which perceived
inequality reported lower levels of
relationship satsfaction
- HOWEVER -
Ragsdale and
Brandau-brown -
equity isn't the most
important factor - it has
given an insufficient
account of the way
that married couples
behave towards one
another and T cant
explain that type of
relationship
- IDA - RWA - Gottman and
Levenson who looked at
marriages. Successful marriage -
positive to negative interactions =
5:1 unsuccessful marriages = 1:1
or less
- Can be used in therapy to
increase positive
interactions.
- Jacobsen et al used
couples therapy in
order to break
negative patterns of
behaviour and
encourage
maintenance
- IDA CULTURAL BIAS - moghaddam - only
applies to western cultures. cultural
differences - individualistic relationships are
transient and based on personal goasl -
Collectivist based on permanence and
needs of group
- T - more likely to be maintained in
collectivist cultures because based
on permanence. and rising divorce
rates in western cultures suggest
that realtionships are less likely to
be maintained