Publication year
2014Source
Personal Relationships, 21, 2, (2014), pp. 324-334ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Journal title
Personal Relationships
Volume
vol. 21
Issue
iss. 2
Page start
p. 324
Page end
p. 334
Subject
Behaviour Change and Well-beingAbstract
The present research examines whether romantically involved individuals process behavioral information of attractive alternatives in a biased manner. When presented with behavioral information of an attractive mate, in Study 1 involved (vs. uninvolved) participants tended to recall fewer positive behaviors of an attractive alternative. Study 2 demonstrated that involved participants recalled more negative behaviors, and also evaluated these behaviors more negatively, compared to uninvolved participants. Study 3 demonstrated that romantically involved participants recalled more negative (but also neutral) behaviors when it concerned behaviors displayed by an attractive alternative as compared to a same-sex other. These findings provide initial evidence for biased processing of behavioral information of an alternative mate, which may serve an important relationship protection function.
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