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Acta de investigación psicológica
versão On-line ISSN 2007-4719versão impressa ISSN 2007-4832
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DAINTON, Marianne. Linking Theoretical Explanations for the Use of Marital Maintenance: Equity, Uncertainty, Attachment, and Reciprocity. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2011, vol.1, n.2, pp.352-374. ISSN 2007-4719.
Research provides support for four theoretical explanations for relationship maintenance: equity, uncertainty, attachment, and reciprocity. This study focused on the relationships among these theoretical explanations, as well as whether the concepts might be combined to provide a single explanation for why an individual enacts maintenance behavior. Survey data were collected from 179 married individuals. Path-modeling techniques revealed that, counter to predictions, uncertainty did not mediate the relationship between equity and maintenance enactment. Further, there were significant correlations among variables associated with all four theories. A series of multiple regression equations indicated that the four theoretical concepts predicted between 16% and 68% of the variance in maintenance enactment. Among the four theoretical explanations, reciprocity was the strongest and most consistent predictor.
Palavras-chave : Maintenance; Equity Theory; Relationship Uncertainty; Attachment; Reciprocity.