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Item Cues to commitment(2002) Friedman, Barry, 1975-; Buss, David M.I put forward an evolutionary psychological model of commitment in heterosexual dating relationships. Tracking the commitment intentions of dating partners was a recurrent adaptive problem faced by human ancestors. Humans are hypothesized to possess psychological adaptations designed to perceive certain classes of information as being diagnostic of dating partners’ commitment intentions. Study 1 (N = 129) identified a large and diverse set of naturally occurring specific cues to dating partners’ commitment intentions. In Study 2 (N = 251), participants rated how diagnostic each cue was of an imagined dating partner’s interest in developing a committed and exclusive long-term romantic relationship with them. Imagined dating partners were either lower, equal, or higher in mate value than the participants. Cues rated as being most diagnostic of the presence of male and female dating partners’ commitment intentions included telling their parents they loved you, telling you they wanted children with you, and telling you things they wouldn’t tell anyone else. Cues rated as being most diagnostic of male and female dating partners’ lack of commitment intentions included not letting others know that the two of you were a couple, referring to you as a “friend,” and not wanting to introduce you to their family. Study 2 also identified which cues the sexes find to be differentially diagnostic of dating partners’ commitment intentions. The majority of cues were rated as more diagnostic of men’s than women’s commitment intentions. Exploratory factor analysis revealed six factors to commitment: Kin Oriented, Publicly Displayed Involvement, Thoughtful; Expedited Sexual Access; Avoided Publicly Displaying Involvement; Uninterested in You/Interested in Others; Future-Oriented, and Tolerated Minimal Resource Allocation. The same factors of commitment differ in diagnosticity when performed by dating partners of relatively high, low, or equal mate value compared to self.Item Dyadic compensation and marital satisfaction in early marriage(Texas Tech University, 1990-08) Henry, KathyThis paper investigates the role of social networks in the marital satisfaction of couples married six years or less and who are under the age of thirty. Utilizing the concepts of commitment to continuation of the marriage, intimacy between the marriage partners, the level of emotional need fulfillment drawn by each respondent from his or her social network, gender, and length of marriage, dyadic compensation theory was developed and tested. While intimacy between the married partners was positively associated with higher marital satisfaction, the exchange of affection and comfort between the respondents and same-sex friends in their social networks was not. The finding extends previous relationship research on the social networks of dating couples which states that, prior to marriage, emotional involvement with friends detracts from couple solidarity.Item Freedom and commitment in selections from English literature(Texas Tech University, 1969-08) Stewart, Billy WayneNot availableItem Friendship Stability: Influences of Commitment Level and Reciprocity of Exchange(Texas Tech University, 1982-12) Young, Timothy LNot Available.Item The long-term role of newlywed conscientiousness and religiousness in marriage(2006) Jarvis, Mark Owen; Huston, Ted L.This dissertation is the third in a series of studies that examine the link between individuals’ personal dispositions and their experiences in marriage. While prior work has focused on the association between dispositions and marital satisfaction, this study focuses on dispositions that are linked to marital stability. Using longitudinal data from a rural sample from Pennsylvania, I examine the association between two qualities—conscientiousness and religiosity—and both the occurrence of and timing of divorce. Additionally, I test whether the associations between these dispositional qualities and divorce are mediated or moderated by newlywed levels of personal commitment or by changes in personal commitment over the first two years of marriage. That is, are dispositional qualities associated with divorce through personal commitment (a mediation mechanism) or in the absence of personal commitment (a moderation mechanism)? The results suggest that the direct effects of religiosity are associated more strongly with the occurrence of divorce, while the direct effects of conscientiousness are associated more strongly with the timing of divorce. Additionally, the occurrence of divorce is predicted by both spouses’ qualities, while the timing of divorce is largely predicted by the husbands’ qualities. The investigations of the mediating/moderating role of personal commitment received little support in these data.Item A look at premarital couples' commitment : experience, expression, and satisfaction(2001-08) Kulp, Cailin; Knapp, Mark L.Item Relationship commitment and trust in marketing(Texas Tech University, 1991-05) Morgan, Robert MNot availableItem Relationships among intensity of stressors, chronic stressors, perceived autonomy support, coping and nurses' affective commitment to their current jobs(2008-12) King, Cynthia Andrea, 1975-; Weinstein, Claire EllenHospitals are experiencing a critical shortage of qualified registered nurses. While traditional research explored reasons why nurses choose to leave their jobs, this study examined why nurses may choose to stay. Inter-relationships among cognitive, affective, and demographic variables and their impact on hospital nurses’ affective commitment to their current jobs were assessed. Participants included 134 full-time registered nurses in Dallas, Texas. They were asked about their tenure and educational degree, and completed the following measures online: Nurses’ Affective Commitment to Their Current Jobs; Nursing Stress Scale; Work Climate Questionnaire; and Coping Response Inventory. The results supported previous findings that nurses’ affective commitment to their current jobs was positively related to perceived autonomy support, percentage of reported coping approach strategies, and number of years worked in their current hospital unit. Furthermore, nurses’ affective commitment was negatively related to the two stress-related variables: number of chronic stressors (NCS) and intensity of stressors. In the primary analysis of the proposed Model of Nurses’ Affective Commitment to Their Current Jobs, a significant three-way interaction was found among perceived autonomy support and percentage of reported coping approach strategies (RCAS) on the relationship between NCS, and nurses’ affective commitment. A post hoc analysis found that nurses with a low level of RCAS had a significant change in the relationship between NCS and nurses’ affective commitment, depending on their level of perceived autonomy support. There was a negative relationship between NCS and nurses’ affective commitment for nurses’ with low levels of perceived autonomy support; whereas, there was a positive relationship between NCS and nurses’ affective commitment for nurses’ with high levels of perceived autonomy support. In addition, a secondary analysis on the model revealed that, for nurses working in their units less than six years, there was a varying degree of a positive relationship between RCAS and nurses’ affective commitment to their current jobs depending on the level of perceived autonomy support. However for nurses working more than six years, there was a negative relationship between RCAS and nurses’ affective commitment to their current jobs for nurses with low levels of perceived autonomy support.