SELF ESTEEM AND RELATIONSHIP ENHANCEMENT PROCESS

描述(申请人摘要)：一般自尊心强的人 报告的婚姻和约会关系更令人满意和稳定 为自我怀疑所困扰的人。尽管满足以下要求很重要 人际关系对身体和心理健康都有好处。人们对此知之甚少 将自尊与关系幸福感联系起来的机制。建议数 研究是基于这样一种假设，即反映的评估-对 伴侣的积极关心--在自尊和 依恋和关系的过程--对关系至关重要的评价 幸福和稳定。研究的主要目标是：第一， 证明情绪低落通过以下方式对严重的个人和关系威胁做出反应 怀疑他们的伴侣是否继续给予他们积极的尊重，并出于自我保护 在他们的关系中发现更少的价值；第二，展示他们的高潮 通过增加他们的价值来弥补自我和关系威胁 关系；第三，检查这些关系的短期和长期后果 关于关系幸福感和稳定性的动态；第四，展示 强调接受的偶然性和一种 过度沉浸在关系中的自我会激活自我保护 低谷时期干扰关系增进过程的动机。一个 对已婚夫妇和六个实验室进行的纵向日常体验研究 与个人约会的实验计划在三年内进行。这个 日记体验研究旨在提供一项日常检查 反映了慢性自尊、尖锐的自我和关系威胁之间的联系 评估和加强关系的过程。两年一次的跟踪调查将 研究这些动态对婚姻幸福的长期影响，并 稳定性。这些实验室实验的目的是检验自尊 缓和对关系中消极迹象的反应，以及 深入了解有条件的工作模式和依赖关系所扮演的角色 自尊在这些影响中起中介作用的关系。除了 近距离揭示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，例如促进对合作伙伴的积极评价的洞察，以及 无条件接受，这可能会绕过低自尊的个人 破坏人际关系的思维模式。

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.