Coping with unfulfilled standards in dating relationships : drawing upon personal and relationship resources

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dc.contributor.advisorVangelisti, Anita L.en
dc.creatorAlexander, Alicia Lynn, 1975-en
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-02T14:08:37Zen
dc.date.available2011-08-02T14:08:37Zen
dc.date.issued2004-05en
dc.descriptionen
dc.description.abstractResearch suggests that romantic relationships can be particularly distressing when relationship standards are not fulfilled (Baucom, Epstein, Rankin, & Burnett, 1996). Discovering the many possible coping strategies used by partners in dating relationships is one way in understanding how people deal with unfulfilled standards. The second way in understanding how people cope with unfulfilled standards is to begin exploring the coping resources that individuals draw upon in such times of stress. This two-study investigation was conducted to explore the coping strategies people used when reacting to unfulfilled standards. In the first study, 26 coping strategies were generated. Then, in the second study, the results revealed a ten-factor solution: punishing, clarifying, reframing, self-disparaging, modeling, exiting, seeking social support, escaping, distancing, and using humor. It was discovered that each of these sets of coping strategies was linked to two personal resources, relationship locus of control and self-esteem. In addition, it was viii found that each of these sets of coping strategies was associated with three relationship resources: satisfaction, closeness, and commitment.
dc.description.departmentCommunication Studiesen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/12745en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden
dc.subjectCommunication--Sex differencesen
dc.subjectInterpersonal communicationen
dc.subjectInterpersonal relationsen
dc.titleCoping with unfulfilled standards in dating relationships : drawing upon personal and relationship resourcesen
thesis.degree.departmentCommunication Studiesen
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunication Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen

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