SELF ESTEEM AND RELATIONSHIP ENHANCEMENT PROCESS

自尊和人际关系增强过程

• 批准号: 2881435
• 负责人: Sandra L. Murray
• 金额: $ 6.9万
• 依托单位: STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2002-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2881435
• 关键词: attitude; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; dyadic interaction; human subject; interpersonal relations; longitudinal human study; personal log /diary; psychometrics; questionnaires; self concept; sex behavior; social behavior; social psychology; statistics /biometry

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): Individuals with high self-esteem generally report more satisfying and stable marital and dating relationships than individuals troubled by self-doubt. Despite the importance of satisfying relationships for both physical and mental health. little is known about the mechanisms linking self-esteem to relationship well-being. The proposed research is based on the assumption that reflected appraisals - perceptions of a partner's positive regard - mediate the link between self-esteem and the processes of attachment and relationship-valuing critical for relationship well-being and stability. The primary goals of the research are: first, to demonstrate that lows react to acute personal and relationship threats by doubting their partners' continued positive regard and by self-protectively finding less value in their relationships; second, to demonstrate that highs compensate for self and relationship threats by increasing the value of their relationships; third, to examine the short and long-term consequences of these dynamics on relationship well-being and stability; and fourth, to demonstrate that working models that stress the contingencies of acceptance and a sense of self that is overly enmeshed in the relationship activate self-protection motives that interfere with relationship enhancement processes for lows. A longitudinal daily experiences study with married couples and six laboratory experiments with dating individuals are planned over a three year period. The diary experiences study is designed to provide a day to day examination of the links among chronic self-esteem, acute self and relationship threats, reflected appraisals, and relationship-enhancement processes. Two yearly follow-ups will examine the long- term effects of these dynamics on marital well-being and stability. The laboratory experiments are designed to examine how self-esteem moderates responses to signs of negativity in the relationship as well as providing insight into the roles that conditional working models and dependence on the relationship for self-esteem play in mediating these effects. Apart from shedding light on the dynamics of attachment and dependency regulation in close relationships, this research might also facilitate the development of clinical interventions, such as fostering insight into a partner's positive regard and unconditional acceptance, that might circumvent low self-esteem individuals' relationship-defeating thought patterns.

描述（申请人的摘要）：通常具有高自尊的个人 报告的婚姻和约会关系比 受自我怀疑困扰的人。尽管满足很重要 关系对身心健康都有好处。对此知之甚少 将自尊与关系福祉联系起来的机制。拟议的 研究基于反映评价——看法的假设 伴侣的积极关注——调解自尊与他人之间的联系 依恋和关系评估过程对关系至关重要 福祉和稳定。研究的主要目标是：首先， 通过以下方式证明低落者对严重的个人和关系威胁的反应 怀疑伴侣持续的积极关注并通过自我保护 发现人际关系的价值降低；第二，证明高点 通过增加他们的价值来补偿自我和人际关系的威胁 关系；第三，考察这些措施的短期和长期后果 关系福祉和稳定性的动态；第四，展示 强调接受的偶然性和一种感觉的工作模式 过度陷入关系的自我会激活自我保护 干扰关系增强过程的动机，导致情绪低落。一个 已婚夫妇和六个实验室的纵向日常经验研究 计划在三年内进行与个人约会的实验。这 日记经验研究旨在提供对日常经历的检查 反映了长期自尊、急性自我和关系威胁之间的联系 评估和关系增强过程。每年两年的随访将 检查这些动态对婚姻福祉的长期影响， 稳定。实验室实验旨在检验自尊如何 缓和对关系中消极迹象的反应以及 深入了解条件工作模式和依赖性的角色 自尊关系在调节这些影响中发挥作用。除了 揭示密切依恋和依赖调节的动态 关系，这项研究也可能促进临床的发展 干预措施，例如深入了解伴侣的积极态度和 无条件接受，这可能会避免低自尊的人 破坏关系的思维模式。