The unique contributions of motivations to maintain a relationship and motivations toward relational activities to relationship well-being |
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Authors: | Graham S Gaine Jennifer G La Guardia |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. W., Waterloo, ON, Canada, N2L 3G1 |
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Abstract: | People experience autonomy when they perceive their behaviour to be volitional rather than driven by external controls. Previous
research has studied autonomy in relationships at a general level, focusing on people’s motivations to maintain their romantic
relationships, as measured by the Couple Motivation Questionnaire (CMQ; Blais et al., J Personal Soc Psychol 59:1021–1031,
1990). To supplement the CMQ, we developed the Motivations for Relational Activities (MRA) scale, which assesses the extent to
which people feel autonomous and controlled in a variety of specific relational activities. The purpose of this study is to
examine the unique contributions of general motivations to maintain a relationship (CMQ) and motivations toward specific relational
activities (MRA) in the prediction of relationship well-being. Results showed that the MRA and CMQ both independently and
significantly contributed to the prediction of relationship well-being (i.e., commitment, intimacy, satisfaction, and vitality
within the relationship) and were differentiated by their associations to dimensions of personality and attachment.
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Keywords: | Self-determination theory Romantic relationships Motivation Emotion Relative autonomy Autonomy Relationship satisfaction Intrinsic motivation Extrinsic motivation Self-regulation Attachment Personality |
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