“…First, in Study 1, objective coders assessed participants' commitment after listening to an audio recording of participants talking about how they would respond in a situation where somebody was flirting with their romantic partner. Second, in Study 3, we built on recent research investigating implicit sentiments toward close relationship partners (Banse, 1999; Banse & Kowalick, 2007; DeHart, Pelham, & Murray, 2004; LeBel & Campbell, 2009; Lee, Rogge, & Reis, 2010; Murray et al, 2009; Murray, Holmes, & Pinkus, 2010; Scinta & Gable, 2007; Zayas & Shoda, 2005; for a review, see Fitzsimons & Anderson, in press) by employing a variant of the Implicit Association Test (IAT; Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998) to measure participants' implicit commitment toward their romantic partner. Implicit measures that are based on response latencies, such as the IAT, provide important tools for assessing individuals' commitment toward their romantic partner, because such measures are largely immune to individuals' impression-management efforts.…”