TY - JOUR
T1 - Committed to us
T2 - Predicting relationship closeness following nonmarital romantic relationship breakup
AU - Tan, Kenneth
AU - Agnew, Christopher R.
AU - VanderDrift, Laura E.
AU - Harvey, S. Marie
N1 - Funding Information:
The Project on Partner Dynamics is funded by a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (grant no., 1 R01 HD47151-01A2, 2005–2011; title: Relationship dynamics and sexual risk behaviors) to S.M.H., principal investigator.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2014
PY - 2015/6/3
Y1 - 2015/6/3
N2 - There is little research on the nature of relationships between individuals following the termination of a nonmarital romantic relationship. It is largely unknown to what extent former romantic partners remain close following breakup. The present research used the Investment Model of Commitment Processes, assessed prior to romantic breakup, to examine the closeness of post-breakup relationships. Results obtained from two waves of data collected from 143 young adults involved in romantic relationships at Time 1 and experiencing a romantic breakup by Time 2 indicated that pre-breakup romantic commitment mediated the effects of pre-breakup romantic satisfaction, investments, and alternatives on post-breakup closeness, with higher pre-breakup commitment predicting greater post-breakup closeness. Implications of these findings for understanding the underlying dynamics of ongoing interpersonal relationships and directions for future research are discussed.
AB - There is little research on the nature of relationships between individuals following the termination of a nonmarital romantic relationship. It is largely unknown to what extent former romantic partners remain close following breakup. The present research used the Investment Model of Commitment Processes, assessed prior to romantic breakup, to examine the closeness of post-breakup relationships. Results obtained from two waves of data collected from 143 young adults involved in romantic relationships at Time 1 and experiencing a romantic breakup by Time 2 indicated that pre-breakup romantic commitment mediated the effects of pre-breakup romantic satisfaction, investments, and alternatives on post-breakup closeness, with higher pre-breakup commitment predicting greater post-breakup closeness. Implications of these findings for understanding the underlying dynamics of ongoing interpersonal relationships and directions for future research are discussed.
KW - Ex-romantic partners
KW - Investment Model
KW - interpersonal processes
KW - post-dating relationships
KW - relationship commitment
KW - relationship dissolution
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U2 - 10.1177/0265407514536293
DO - 10.1177/0265407514536293
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930153869
SN - 0265-4075
VL - 32
SP - 456
EP - 471
JO - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
JF - Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
IS - 4
ER -