Relational Maintenance and the Influence of Commitment in Online and Offline Relationships

Rabby, Michael

doi:10.1080/10510970701518405

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“…Finally, much of previous research has concentrated on individual analysis of commitment (Rusbult, Johnson, & Morrow, 1986;Slotter et al, 2012), relationship satisfaction and also on partners' individually assessed pro-relationship efforts (Dainton & Aylor, 2002;Rabby, 2007) so far. Therefore, this study contributes an important aspect as it takes into account dyadic analysis, treating intimate couples as one entity, and looking in depth at non-independent processes on the level of dyad members.…”

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Commitment and Dyadic Coping in Long-Term Relationships

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Background: Previous research focused on relationship commitment as the outcome of high satisfaction, poor alternatives, and high investments. We propose that commitment is a prerequisite in highly satisfied couples, fostering relationship maintenance behavior such as positive dyadic coping. Method: Structural equation models identified the relationship between commitment, relationship satisfaction, and dyadic coping with data from 201 heterosexual couples with an average relationship length of 34 years. Results: The common fate model confirmed that relationship satisfaction mediated the effects between commitment and dyadic coping on a latent dyadic level. Additional analyses revealed that women's satisfaction was mainly responsible for mediating effects between both partners' commitment and dyadic coping. Conclusions: Findings support the essentiality of commitment for couples' maintenance strategies and for consistency in long-term relationships.

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Commitment and Dyadic Coping in Long-Term Relationships

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“…Based on the profile layout at the time of data collection, participants were asked to select the person in the top left position of the "Friends box" located on t he right side of the profile. This method was employed to obtain a sample with greater variance in relational closeness than is typically seen in similar studies (e.g., [33,51,52]). …”

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Unpacking Social Media’s Role in Resource Provision: Variations across Relational and Communicative Properties

Vitak

2014

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New information and communication technologies (ICTs) challenge existing beliefs regarding the exchange of social resources within a network. The present study examines individuals' perceived access to social, emotional, and instrumental resources by analyzing relational and Facebook-specific characteristics of dyadic relationships. Results suggest that the social and technical affordances of the site-including visibility of content and connections, as well as streamlined processes for interacting with a large audience-may augment existing perceptions of resource access for some ties while providing a major (or sole) outlet to interact and exchange resources with others. Specifically, weaker ties appear to benefit more than strong ties from engagement in directed communication and relationship maintenance strategies, while additional variations were observed across relationship category, dyad composition, and geographic proximity. In summary, these findings provide new evidence for how positive relational gains may be derived from site use.

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“…Although the connection between parents' communication motives and relational consequences are not yet disclosed to the public, researchers who studied interpersonal relationships have built a solid conceptual framework that describes the process and consequences of interpersonal communication and social relationships, such as relational maintenance (Myers and Glover, 2007;Rabby, 2007;Stafford and Canary, 1991). The construct of relational maintenance, described as the stable process of one's social life, has been examined under different types of relationships and subjects in the subsequent works (Canary and Stafford, 1994;Canary et al, 1993;Myers et al, 2009;Rabby, 2007).…”

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“…The construct of relational maintenance, described as the stable process of one's social life, has been examined under different types of relationships and subjects in the subsequent works (Canary and Stafford, 1994;Canary et al, 1993;Myers et al, 2009;Rabby, 2007). Moreover, the study of individuals' maintenance behaviors is thus expanded to assess the results of interpersonal interaction, such as satisfaction, quality of relationship, and other effects (Dainton, 2000).…”

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The examination of parent-adolescent communication motives, relational maintenance and intimacy in the uses of communication technologies

Chang¹

2015

J. Media Commun. Stud.

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Relational Maintenance and the Influence of Commitment in Online and Offline Relationships

Cited by 41 publications

References 32 publications

Commitment and Dyadic Coping in Long-Term Relationships

Commitment and Dyadic Coping in Long-Term Relationships

Unpacking Social Media’s Role in Resource Provision: Variations across Relational and Communicative Properties

The examination of parent-adolescent communication motives, relational maintenance and intimacy in the uses of communication technologies

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