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dc.contributor.authorPierce, Sarah L.
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-31T14:59:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-01T17:08:52Z
dc.date.available2013-01-31T14:59:19Z
dc.date.available2015-10-01T17:08:52Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-31T14:59:19Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10484/4755
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies have defined rebound relationships according to retrospective accounts based on the length of engagement, time elapsed since previous relationship, or simply denied their existence in total. The goal of this study is to better understand the concept of the rebound relationship and to determine how pursuing a rebound relationship differs from other types of romantic engagements. The current study poses that rebound relationships reflect a change in mating strategy which is evident in a temporary shift in the characteristics of the pursued mate and the benefits gained. The current paper hypothesized that rebound relationships are intentionally short-lived relationships, with a unique set of pursued partner qualities and benefits. It was further hypothesized that rebounds reflect a change in mating strategy which is evident in a temporary shift in the characteristics of the pursued mate. This change in mating strategy was expected to be associated with a change in cognitive processing and an increase in mating effort while maintaining long-term partner preferences. Participants were psychology students from a mid-sized Midwestern university and participated in either a survey style study or an experimental study based on relationship status. Results from the survey indicate that rebound relationships are a unique pattern of partnering according to participants’ responses, both intentionally short-term in length and based on partner characteristics more indicative of short-term mating. But results from the experiment failed to indentify the anticipated shift in mating strategy or uncover the expected patterns in cognitive processing or mating effort.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySarah L. Pierce
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.lcshSelf-esteem.
dc.subject.lcshInterpersonal relations.
dc.subject.lcshDating (Social customs)
dc.subject.lcshIntimacy (Psychology)
dc.subject.otherRebound relationships.
dc.subject.otherBreak-up.
dc.subject.otherRomantic relationship.
dc.subject.otherMating strategy.
dc.titleThe Rebound Effect: The Use of Short-term Mating Strategies after the Dissolution of a Significant, Loving Relationship
dc.typeThesis
dc.date.graduationmonthDecember
dc.date.published2012
dc.description.committeechairSheets, Virgil
dc.description.committeemembersAnderson, Veanne
dc.description.committeemembersBennett, Patrick
dc.description.degreeMaster of Arts
dc.description.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.description.imprintCunningham Memorial library, Terre Haute, Indiana State University.
dc.description.itemidetd201205-09
dc.description.levelMasters
dc.description.noteTitle from document title page. Document formatted into pages: contains 97p.: ill. Includes appendix and bibliography.
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