investment theory of romantic relationship breakdown

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  • Created on: 14-10-17 22:24
deivsed to address weakenesses of the SET model
the investment model emphasizes the importance of commitment in relationships
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satisfaction, investment and quality of alternatives
lead to teh commitment level and then determine the future stay or leave decision
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satisfaction
the extent to which the partner feels the rewards outweigh the costs, this is subjective.
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Alternatives
this is a judgement partners makes to whether other relationships would provide more benefits than their current one. if there is a lack or they are no better then individual may stay in relationship due to lack of better option
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investment
these are the resources associated with a relationship which would lose if broken up eg. money, home ,friends, affection
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commitment level
intension or desire to continue relationship, if high satisfaction, high investment and low alternatives- relationship continuing
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supporting evidence- high population validity when explaining relationships in cultures and same sex,
le and agnew carried out a meta analysis of 52 studies from 5 countries. s, a and i were highly correlated with relationship commitment. more commitment-more stable and lasted longer. this means high popluation validity
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can explain why individuals may stay in an abusive relationship
they will have low satisfaction yet stay together due to high investment. this shows the validity of the model in terms of real life applications
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methodological issues with supporting evidence.
le and agnews research is correlational.problem is that is ignores other factors that could contribute to staying in a relationship. such as culture, religion, family. this means this model may not be the only reason as to why someone stays in a
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original model over simplifies investment
investment is more than just resources you have already put into the relationship. early stages f relationships very few investments made but plans ill be made. goodfriend and agnew suggested plans should be part of investment that influencecommitmen
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