TARGET ARTICLE: Selective Investment Theory: Recasting the Functional Significance of Close Relationships

By Stephanie L. Brown, R. Brown. 2006

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Humility and the Development and Repair of Social Bonds: Two Longitudinal Studies (2013, background): “…selective investment theory suggests that social bonds—emotionallyloaded memory structures that produce an affinity for another person or group— motivate individuals to act in the interest of others to whom one is bonded, even when the behavior is unlikely to be reciprocated (Brown & Brown, 2006).”
Proposing the Communicate Bond Belong Theory: Evolutionary Intersections With Episodic Interpersonal Communication (2017, background): “Due to a high degree of tribal interdependence and the increased likelihood of death following social isolation during the EEA, the investment of resources in others may have been essential for survival (Baumeister & Leary, 1995; Brown & Brown, 2006).”
Meaningfulness as Satisfaction of Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Beneficence: Comparing the Four Satisfactions and Positive Affect as Predictors of Meaning in Life (2018, background): “It has been suggested that human beings might be equipped with an inherent prosocial tendency that rewards us for benevolent acts (e.g. Brown and Brown 2006; Hepach et al. 2012).”
Informal Caregiving: A Reappraisal of Effects on Caregivers (2014, unknown): “…respond not only to the caregiver’s perception of need in another, but also to perceptions of interdependence and closeness with that individual (Brown & Brown, 2006), and to the availability of caregiving resources, including safety and security, adequate time and income, and the existence of…”
Understanding the Links Between Social Support and Physical Health: A Life-Span Perspective With Emphasis on the Separability of Perceived and Received Support (2009, background): “Given evidence for early familial influences on prosocial behavior (e.g., Knafo & Plomin, 2006), being a support provider may be another behavioral pathway associated with perceived support that has corresponding health-relevant affective and physiological correlates (Brown & Brown, 2006).”
Putting the altruism back into altruism: the evolution of empathy. (2008, background): “Within these relationships, partners do not necessarily keep careful track of who did what for whom (Clark & Mills 1979), and derive psychological and health benefits not only from receiving but also from giving support (Brown & Brown 2006).”
The Psychology of Charitable Donations to Disaster Victims and Beyond (2015, background): “Various evolutionary accounts of prosociality exist (e.g., Brown & Brown, 2006), however, these will not be reviewed because of space constraints.”
Runaway Social Selection for Displays of Partner Value and Altruism (2007, background): “Perhaps most interesting of all, close friends take pains to avoid making exchanges explicit because calling attention to them harms relationships (Batson 1991; Mills and Clark 1994; Dunbar 1996; Tooby and Cosmides 1996; Nesse 2001, 2006; Brown and Brown 2006).”