The Structure and Function of Ideal Standards in Close Relationships

Simpson, Jeffry A.

doi:10.1002/9780470998557.ch4

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“…For successful relationship, love is one of the essential components (Simpson et al, 2001). Branding researchers started believing similar relationship between consumer and brand and assigning similar characteristics of interpersonal relationship (Aaker, 1997;Fournier, 1998).…”

Section: Consumer Brad Relationship Brand Love and Brand Equitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Consumer Brand Relationships

Fetscherin¹,

Heilmann²

2015

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We have investigated the dynamics of how consumer make relationship with brand (non-human entities) that is consumer brand relationships. This relationship is like the same relationship between two people in the society. Meta-analytic literature review has been conducted to explore different aspect of this relationship dynamics. The investigation reveals that brands work as a relationship partners with consumers. Relationship dimensions, which are considered as ground of relationship types, constructed by authors differs resulting different types consumer brand relationships. However, various authors measure relationship quality based on the same ground relationship strength and feelings using different theories. This research has implications for both academicians and practitioners as they can comprehensively conceptualize the consumer brand relationship, its nature, type and dimensions explored by researchers and their present state.

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Section: Consumer Brad Relationship Brand Love and Brand Equitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Consumer Brand Relationships

Fetscherin¹,

Heilmann²

2015

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“…Generally, individuals who hold more positive self-ratings across the dimensions tend to set higher ideal standards, and thus display lower flexibility beliefs as compared to those who hold less positive self-ratings (Campbell et al, 2001). For example, Mary would display low flexibility beliefs if she considers herself to be high in warmth, attractiveness, and status, and then sets high ideal standards across these dimensions for John to meet.…”

Section: Ideal Standards Model and Flexibility Beliefsmentioning

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“…People hold images of themselves, of their ideal partner, and of the ideal relationship (Simpson, Fletcher, & Campbell, 2001). The present study examined Perceived Meta-Ideals (PMI):…”

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Am I who I think you want me to be: Perceived-meta-ideals in romantic relationships

Sucharyna¹,

Morry²

2014

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People hold images of themselves, of their ideal partner, and of the ideal relationship (Simpson, Fletcher, & Campbell, 2001). The present study examined Perceived Meta-Ideals (PMI):people's conceptions of who they think their partners want them to be, whereas Perceived MetaIdeal Similarity (PMIS) is how close individuals feel they are to their PMI. 143 dyads in a romantic relationship were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions: primed similar/dissimilar to the PMI, and no prime control. Individuals higher in self-esteem (HSEs) reported higher PMIS than individuals lower in self-esteem (LSEs). Higher PMIS lead to an overestimation of the amount of positive qualities that the partner is looking for. HSEs were more satisfied in their relationship and reported a greater self-other overlap, and higher PMIS predicted relationship satisfaction. Finally, self-other overlap mediated the relationship between PMIS and the desire to become the PMI.

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“…When partners possess key elements of the target's ideal self (e.g., to the extent that the partner meets the target's ideal standards; cf. Simpson, Fletcher, & Campbell, 2001), do targets idealize their partners such that partners, in turn, exhibit greater partner affirmation, targets exhibit greater movement toward their ideals, and couples exhibit greater wellbeing? In Studies 1, 2, and 4a, the partner's report of idealization by the target was measured using a three-item instrument (e.g., "My partner holds an extraordinarily positive opinion of me").…”

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"The part of me that you bring out": Ideal similarity and the Michelangelo phenomenon.

Rusbult¹,

Kumashiro²,

Kubacka³

et al. 2009

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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This work examines the Michelangelo phenomenon, an interpersonal model of the means by which people move closer to (vs. further from) their ideal selves. The authors propose that partner similaritysimilarity to the ideal self, in particular-plays an important role in this process. Across 4 studies employing diverse designs and measurement techniques, they observed consistent evidence that when partners possess key elements of one another's ideal selves, each person affirms the other by eliciting important aspects of the other's ideals, each person moves closer to his or her ideal self, and couple well-being is enhanced. Partner similarity to the actual self also accounts for unique variance in key elements of this model. The associations of ideal similarity and actual similarity with couple well-being are fully attributable to the Michelangelo process, to partner affirmation and target movement toward the ideal self. The authors also performed auxiliary analyses to rule out several alternative interpretations of these findings.

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The Structure and Function of Ideal Standards in Close Relationships

Cited by 60 publications

References 59 publications

Consumer Brand Relationships

Consumer Brand Relationships

Am I who I think you want me to be: Perceived-meta-ideals in romantic relationships

"The part of me that you bring out": Ideal similarity and the Michelangelo phenomenon.

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