TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Taking Chances in the Face of Threat: Romantic Risk Regulation and Approach Motivation
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Cavallo, Justin V.
A1  - Fitzsimons, Grainne M.
A1  - Holmes, John G.
SP  - 737
EP  - 751
VL  - 35
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167209332742
ID  - ref1
ER  -