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- Title: Alternative Monitoring Predictors: When the Grass Looks Greener on the Other Side.
- Author : North American Journal of Psychology
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 207 KB
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This study examined the predictors of alternative monitoring--of potential romantic partners--using a sample of 76 people in committed dating relationships. Results showed that love, trust, satisfaction, dedication commitment, and social-network influences correlated with alternative monitoring, but participants' personality characteristics did not. A hierarchical regression analysis showed that ambivalence about the partner and the relationship, the ease of finding another partner if the current relationship ended, and reported levels of commitment predicted alternative monitoring in the context of relationship satisfaction, social network influence, perceptions of partner's conscientiousness, and gender. Much research has investigated the causes of relationship infidelity (for a brief review see Vangelisti & Gerstenberger, 2004). Engaging in an affair, however, requires paying attention to people outside the relationship in the first place. When does the grass begin to look greener on the other side of the fence? That is, under what circumstances do partners pay attention to potential alternative partners? Are some people more prone to have a wandering eye than other people? Do partners' romantic experiences, evaluations, and feelings about their relationship predict alternative monitoring? What role, if any, does the social network play in predicting whether people begin paying attention to other potential mates?