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Power and the pursuit of a partner's goals.

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Laurin, K; Fitzsimons, GM; Finkel, EJ; Carswell, KL; vanDellen, MR; Hofmann, W; Lambert, NM; Eastwick, PW; Fincham, FD; Brown, PC
Published in: Journal of personality and social psychology
June 2016

We investigated how power dynamics in close relationships influence the tendency to devote resources to the pursuit of goals valued by relationship partners, hypothesizing that low (vs. high) power in relationships would lead individuals to center their individual goal pursuit around the goals of their partners. We study 2 related phenomena: partner goal prioritization, whereby individuals pursue goals on behalf of their partners, and partner goal contagion, whereby individuals identify and adopt as their own the goals that their partner pursues. We tested our ideas in 5 studies that employed diverse research methods, including lab experiments and dyadic studies of romantic partners, and multiple types of dependent measures, including experience sampling reports, self-reported goal commitment, and behavioral goal pursuit in a variety of goal domains. Despite this methodological diversity, the studies provided clear and consistent evidence that individuals with low power in their relationships are especially likely to engage in both partner goal prioritization and partner goal contagion. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Journal of personality and social psychology

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1939-1315

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0022-3514

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

110

Issue

6

Start / End Page

840 / 868

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Social Psychology
  • Sexual Partners
  • Power, Psychological
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Goals
  • Female
  • Family Characteristics
 

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Laurin, K., Fitzsimons, G. M., Finkel, E. J., Carswell, K. L., vanDellen, M. R., Hofmann, W., … Brown, P. C. (2016). Power and the pursuit of a partner's goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 110(6), 840–868. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000048
Laurin, Kristin, Gráinne M. Fitzsimons, Eli J. Finkel, Kathleen L. Carswell, Michelle R. vanDellen, Wilhelm Hofmann, Nathaniel M. Lambert, Paul W. Eastwick, Frank D. Fincham, and Preston C. Brown. “Power and the pursuit of a partner's goals.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 110, no. 6 (June 2016): 840–68. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000048.
Laurin K, Fitzsimons GM, Finkel EJ, Carswell KL, vanDellen MR, Hofmann W, et al. Power and the pursuit of a partner's goals. Journal of personality and social psychology. 2016 Jun;110(6):840–68.
Laurin, Kristin, et al. “Power and the pursuit of a partner's goals.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 110, no. 6, June 2016, pp. 840–68. Epmc, doi:10.1037/pspi0000048.
Laurin K, Fitzsimons GM, Finkel EJ, Carswell KL, vanDellen MR, Hofmann W, Lambert NM, Eastwick PW, Fincham FD, Brown PC. Power and the pursuit of a partner's goals. Journal of personality and social psychology. 2016 Jun;110(6):840–868.

Published In

Journal of personality and social psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-1315

ISSN

0022-3514

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

110

Issue

6

Start / End Page

840 / 868

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • Social Psychology
  • Sexual Partners
  • Power, Psychological
  • Male
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Humans
  • Goals
  • Female
  • Family Characteristics