Being Committed: Affective, Cognitive, and Conative Components of Relationship Commitment

By X. Arriaga, C. Agnew. 2001

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This article presents the first systematic empirical examination of the state of relationship commitment as advanced by Rusbult and her colleagues, defining the state in terms of affective, cognitive, and conative components. From this perspective, the state of commitment is seen as having three distinct components: (a) psychological attachment, (b) long-term orientation, and (c) intention to persist. Two longitudinal studies of individuals in dating relationships revealed that the three components each predict both couple functioning and eventual breakup status. Both studies also provided suggestive evidence that long-term orientation is a particularly important component of commitment in dating relationships.

Subfields: Demography, Health, Social Psychology

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Predicting nonmarital romantic relationship dissolution: A meta-analytic synthesis (2010, positive): “Consistent with the predictions of interdependence theory (Thibaut & Kelley, 1959) and the perspective that commitment serves, at least in part, as a behavioral intention to persist in a relationship (Arriaga & Agnew, 2001), commitment and dependence were robust predictors of breakup.”
The Effect Of Leadership Style, Job Satisfaction And Employee-Supervisor Relationship On Job Performance And Organizational Commitment (2016, methodology): “Working from the investment model, Arriaga and Agnew (2001) define commitment as a psychological state involving affective, cognitive and conative components.”
The Investment Model of Commitment Processes (2011, background): “Commitment level is defined as intent to persist in a relationship, including long-term orientation toward the involvement as well as feelings of psychological attachment to it (Arriaga & Agnew, 2001).”
Behavior expectations in cross-sex friendships, same-sex friendships, and romantic relationships (2009, neutral): “…importance of romantic partners as attachment ﬁgures (Trinke & Bartholomew, 1997), and the more explicit acknowledgment of long-term investments and commitments that often accompany the development of romantic relationships (e.g., Arriaga & Agnew, 2001; Rusbult, Olsen, Davis, & Hannon, 2001).”
Subjective norms and the prediction of romantic relationship state and fate (2004, background): “In addition, commitment itself is held to include an intention to persist in the relationship, which is akin to a behavioral intention (Arriaga & Agnew, 2001).”
Pleasure, Arousal, Dominance: Mehrabian and Russell revisited (2014, background): “These experiences lead to feelings, thoughts and/or acting (Ostrom 1969; Brodwin 1976; Schneider 1987; Ajzen 1989; Kay 1993; Arriaga and Agnew 2001; Van de Grind 2004; Covey 2005; Smidts 2002; Csikszentmihalyi 1999).”
Motivations for promotion and prevention and the role of trust and commitment in interpersonal forgiveness (2010, background): “One widely researched perspective on commitment (see Arriaga & Agnew, 2001; Rusbult & Van Lange, 1996) identifies three separate components that typically determine such feelings within a relationship: (a) the degree to which one is emotionally dependent upon the relationship (i.e., one’s…”
Building a model of commitment to the natural environment to predict ecological behavior and willingness to sacrifice (2011, background): “…relationships theory and research, commitment has been identified as a central process that includes a long-term orientation towards a relationship, the intent to persist in a relationship, and psychological attachment to a partner (Arriaga & Agnew, 2001; Rusbult, Olsen, Davis, & Hannon, 2001).”
Thinking about commitment: Accessibility of commitment and prediction of relationship persistence, accommodation, and willingness to sacrifice (2005, background): “Furthermore, participants completed 10 additional items assessing commitment (e.g., ‘‘I want to maintain our relationship’’; 1 ¼ do not agree at all, 9 ¼ agree completely; Arriaga & Agnew, 2001).”
Commitment and its theorized determinants: A meta–analysis of the Investment Model (2003, background): “In this context, the term commitment is often used to describe the likelihood than an involvement will persist (Arriaga & Agnew, 2001).”
The Role of Self-concept Clarity in Relationship Quality (2010, background): “In contrast, commitment involves an affective attachment to one's partner, a conative motivation to persist, and a cognitive decision to remain within the relationship (Arriaga & Agnew, 2001 ).”
AN EVOLUTIONARY SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF OSTRACISM (2012, background): “Commitment could intensify the negative effects of ostracism; highly committed individuals often view themselves as cognitively interdependent with their partners, and they included their partners as an overlapping part of their self-concepts (Agnew, Van Lange, Rusbult, & Langston, 1998).”
Relationships Among Image Congruence, Consumption Emotions, and Customer Loyalty in the Lodging Industry (2008, background): “…the conative state of customer loyalty, which refers to strong intentions and commitment to rebuy, is significantly influenced by affective process, such as emotional responses to specific objects or a particular consumption situation (Arriaga & Agnew, 2001; Crosby & Taylor, 1983; Oliver, 1997).”