The Paradoxical Influence of Stress on the Intensity of Romantic Feelings Towards the Partner

The Paradoxical Influence of Stress on the Intensity of Romantic Feelings Towards the Partner

According to Brehm’s emotional intensity theory (EIT), the strength of feelings of romantic affect towards a romantic partner should vary as a cubic function of increasing levels of relationship stress (i.e., deterrence to feelings of romantic affect). The study tested this hypothesis in a true expe...

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Main Authors: Silvia Donato, Miriam Parise, Ariela F. Pagani, Simona Sciara, Raffaella Iafrate, Giuseppe Pantaleo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2018-12-01
Series:Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Subjects:
romantic relationships
stress
feelings of romantic affect
deterrence
emotional intensity theory (EIT)
paradoxical affect
applied social psychology
motivation
emotion
Online Access:http://ijpr.psychopen.eu/article/view/310

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