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Kevin M. Carlsmith (193) Department of Psychology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346 Serena Chen (151) Department of Psychology, 3210 Tolman Hall, University of California, Berkeley USA 94720–1650 Amy J. C. Cuddy (61) Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 John M. Darley (193) Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540 Susan T. Fiske (61) Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540 Peter Glick (61) Department of Psychology, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI 54912 Miles Hewstone (237) Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, OX1 3UD, United Kingdom John G. Holmes (1) Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada Dacher Keltner (151) Department of Psychology, 3210 Tolman Hall, University of California, Berkeley USA 94720–1650 Michael W. Kraus (151) Department of Psychology, 3210 Tolman Hall, University of California, Berkeley USA 94720–1650 Robin Martin (237) Work and Organisational Psychology Group, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET, United Kingdom
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Sandra L. Murray (1) Department of Psychology, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, New York 14260–4110 Gerben A. Van Kleef (151) Department of Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The Commitment-Insurance System: Self-Esteem and the Regulation of Connection in Close Relationships Sandra L. Murray* and John G. Holmes† Contents 1. The Commitment-Insurance System 1.1. The ‘‘If–then’’ contingencies of exchange 1.2. If partner committed, then pursue connectedness 1.3. Revisiting the sociometer 2. The Commitment-Insurance System: The Empirical Progression 2.1. If equal to partner, then partner is committed 2.2. The alarm and repair contingencies 2.3. If partner committed, then pursue connectedness 3. Theoretical Innovations, Applications, and New Directions 3.1. The historical context 3.2. Dyadic strength: A motivational perspective on interdependence theory 3.3. Judging equivalence: What counts? 3.4. The duality of interdependent life 3.5. Taking levels of processing perspectives one step further 4. Conclusion Acknowledgments References
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Abstract A levels of processing model of the commitment-insurance system is described to explain how low and high self-esteem people cope with the interdependence dilemma posed by ensuring that a partner’s commitment is commensurate with their own. Two levels to this system are detailed: (1) t