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Fostering Partner Dependence as Trust Insurance: The Implicit Contingencies of the Exchange Script in Close Relationships.

A model of the trust-insurance system is proposed to examine how people with low and high self-esteem cope with the interdependence dilemma posed by feeling inferior to a romantic partner. Feeling inferior automatically activates “if-then” contingencies that link inferiority to the exchange script (...

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Published in:Journal of Personality & Social Psychology Vol. 96; no. 2; pp. 324 - 349
Main Authors: Murray, Sandra L., Aloni, Maya, Derrick, Jaye L., Holmes, John G., Stinson, Danu Anthony, Leder, Sadie
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association February 2009
Subjects:
Self-esteem
Trust
Love
Dependency (Psychology)
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