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Commitment and Adversity

A Reciprocal Relation

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Handbook of Interpersonal Commitment and Relationship Stability

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The fundamental reason for studying commitment in close relationships is that, even in the best of relationships, people at times face adversity. Relationships are not one continuous stream of blissful innocence coupled with romantic passion. Difficulties and challenges arise that can lower relationship satisfaction. In order for relationships to endure fluctuations in satisfaction, there must be a degree of commitment that sustains the relationship. To understand commitment, then, we must understand its relation to adversity.

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  1. Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B1, Canada

    John Lydon

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  1. High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, USA

    Jeffrey M. Adams

  2. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

    Warren H. Jones

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Lydon, J. (1999). Commitment and Adversity. In: Adams, J.M., Jones, W.H. (eds) Handbook of Interpersonal Commitment and Relationship Stability. Perspectives on Individual Differences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4773-0_11

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