Commitment Processes in Close Relationships

The purpose of this study was to indentify a variety of factors that affect satisfaction and commitment on close relationship. We attempted to explain the process by which close relationships develop and deteriorate over time, by testing the adequacy of the investment model using longitudinal self-reported data from college students. The result indicated that changes over time in commitment were more strongly predictive of stay/leave behaviors than were other investment model factors. Thus, stay/leave behaviors were mediated by changes over time in commitment. Contrary to the investment model, variations in rewards contributed significantly to the prediction of satisfaction, but costs did not. And sex differences in the variables contributed to commitment was found; whereas men increased commitment because of increases in satisfaction, women promoted because of increases in satisfaction and investment size. These findings suggested that it is necessary to revise the investment model. From this point of view, we discussed the generalizability and limitation of investment model and sex differences in the process of stay/leave behaviors

The Impact of Falling in Love : psychological adjustment and self-concept change

Through this research, we studied how love affairs affect the self identity and mental health of young people. We classified 109 male and 193 female undergraduate students into people in love and people not in love based on questionnaires completed by the students. As a results of comparing both groups, those who were in love reported high self-esteem, fullness scores and low depression scores in comparison with those who not in love. Those who were in love continuously tended to mark high brightness, friendliness, honesty, sensitivity, and the opposite sex role scores in comparison with those who were not in love. We discussed about the characteristics of young people in progress of personal relationships