SELF ESTEEM AND RELATIONSHIP ENHANCEMENT PROCESS

描述（申请人摘要）：一般具有高自尊的个体 报告更满意和稳定的婚姻和约会关系， 被自我怀疑困扰的人。尽管满足的重要性 身心健康的关系。很少有人知道的 将自尊与关系幸福联系起来的机制。拟议 研究是基于这样的假设，即反映了评估-对 伴侣的积极关注-调解自尊和 依恋和关系价值的过程对关系至关重要 幸福和稳定。研究的主要目标是：第一， 表明低反应急性个人和关系的威胁， 怀疑伴侣的持续积极评价， 在他们的关系中发现更少的价值;第二，证明高 通过增加他们的价值来补偿自我和关系的威胁 第三，研究这些问题的短期和长期后果。 关系的幸福和稳定的动态;第四，证明 工作模式强调接受的偶然性和 过度沉浸在关系中的自我会激活自我保护 动机，干扰关系增强过程低。一 对已婚夫妇和六个实验室的纵向日常经验研究 与个人约会的实验计划在三年内进行。的 日记经验研究旨在提供一个日常检查， 慢性自尊，急性自我和关系威胁之间的联系，反映了 评估和关系增强流程。每年两次随访将 研究这些动态对婚姻幸福的长期影响， 稳定实验室实验旨在研究自尊如何 温和的反应，在关系中的消极迹象，以及 提供了对有条件的工作模型和依赖性的作用的深入了解， 自尊在这些影响中起中介作用。除了 揭示了亲密关系中依恋和依赖调节的动力学， 关系，这项研究也可能促进临床发展， 干预措施，如促进对伙伴的积极关注的了解， 无条件的接受，这可能会绕过低自尊的人， 破坏关系的思维模式

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.