Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Romantic Relationships: The Role of Compassionate Goals
Past research indicates that childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) undermines the quality of adult romantic relationships by fostering negative characteristics in survivors. Two longitudinal studies investigated the hypothesis that decreased compassionate goals toward partners over time explain the...
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| author | Lining Sun Lining Sun Amy Canevello Kathrine A. Lewis Jiqiang Li Jennifer Crocker |
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| description | Past research indicates that childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) undermines the quality of adult romantic relationships by fostering negative characteristics in survivors. Two longitudinal studies investigated the hypothesis that decreased compassionate goals toward partners over time explain the association between CEM and declining relationship quality. In Study 1, CEM predicted decreased compassionate goals over time, which in turn predicted decreased relationship quality in individuals in romantic relationships. Study 2 replicated this effect in romantically involved couples and showed that partners’ high compassionate goals attenuated the decline in compassionate goals associated with reported CEM. These results point to the importance of examining how CEM may affect positive relationship processes and the protective roles of partners’ compassionate goals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8fee897f32d42d0a2dd58812adb5d6c2022-12-21T23:08:58ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-11-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.723126723126Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Romantic Relationships: The Role of Compassionate GoalsLining Sun0Lining Sun1Amy Canevello2Kathrine A. Lewis3Jiqiang Li4Jennifer Crocker5Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, SingaporeDepartment of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United StatesDepartment of Psychological Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United StatesDepartment of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United StatesPast research indicates that childhood emotional maltreatment (CEM) undermines the quality of adult romantic relationships by fostering negative characteristics in survivors. Two longitudinal studies investigated the hypothesis that decreased compassionate goals toward partners over time explain the association between CEM and declining relationship quality. In Study 1, CEM predicted decreased compassionate goals over time, which in turn predicted decreased relationship quality in individuals in romantic relationships. Study 2 replicated this effect in romantically involved couples and showed that partners’ high compassionate goals attenuated the decline in compassionate goals associated with reported CEM. These results point to the importance of examining how CEM may affect positive relationship processes and the protective roles of partners’ compassionate goals.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723126/fullrelationship qualitychildhood emotional maltreatmentcompassionate goalsromantic partnerinterpersonal goals |
| spellingShingle | Lining Sun Lining Sun Amy Canevello Kathrine A. Lewis Jiqiang Li Jennifer Crocker Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Romantic Relationships: The Role of Compassionate Goals Frontiers in Psychology relationship quality childhood emotional maltreatment compassionate goals romantic partner interpersonal goals |
| title | Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Romantic Relationships: The Role of Compassionate Goals |
| title_full | Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Romantic Relationships: The Role of Compassionate Goals |
| title_fullStr | Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Romantic Relationships: The Role of Compassionate Goals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Romantic Relationships: The Role of Compassionate Goals |
| title_short | Childhood Emotional Maltreatment and Romantic Relationships: The Role of Compassionate Goals |
| title_sort | childhood emotional maltreatment and romantic relationships the role of compassionate goals |
| topic | relationship quality childhood emotional maltreatment compassionate goals romantic partner interpersonal goals |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723126/full |
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