@article{ref1,
title="Taking Chances in the Face of Threat: Romantic Risk Regulation and Approach Motivation",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2009",
author="Cavallo, Justin V. and Fitzsimons, Grainne M. and Holmes, John G.",
volume="35",
number="6",
pages="737-751",
abstract="Four studies examine the hypothesis that goals adopted by high and low self-esteem people (HSEs and LSEs) to manage risk in romantic relationships may reflect global shifts in approach motivation and subsequently affect risk taking in nonsocial domains. In Studies 1 and 2, threats to participants' romantic relationships heightened HSEs' self-reported general approach motivation while lowering LSEs' approach motivation. In Studies 2 through 4, HSEs exhibited riskier decision making (i.e., a greater tendency to pursue rewards and ignore risks) in nonsocial domains following a relationship threat manipulation whereas LSEs made more conservative decisions. These results suggest that the romantic risk regulation may be inherently linked to a broader approach and avoidance system and that specific risk regulation behaviors may be driven by global motivational shifts to a greater degree than previously theorized.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167209332742",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167209332742"
}