Personal, Moral, and Structural Commitment and the Repair of Marital Relationships

摘要

This study examined the construct of relational repair in marriage in the context of accommodation theory and presented an instrument designed to measure relationship repair. The instrument provided the following four factors derived from a sample of 239 married people: assurances, openness, time, and punishments. Based on the connection between accommodation behavior and commitment, the study also assessed the relationship between the repair factors and Johnson, Caughlin, and Huston's (1999) tripartite marital commitment construct. Factor analysis provided support for the tripartite construct of commitment. Regression analysis revealed significant associations between personal and structural commitment and all four relational repair factors. Moral commitment was significantly associated with all of the repair factors except punishments.