Author: | Sorrentino, R. |
Title: | Uncertainty orientation and trust in close relationships: individual differences in cognitive styles |
Journal: | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
1995 : FEB, VOL. 68:2, p. 314-327 |
Index terms: | UNCERTAINTY TRUSTS PSYCHOLOGY |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Because coping with uncertainty is an important aspect of close relationships and is critical to issues of trust, the authors expected individual differences in uncertainty orientation to play a central role in shaping people's representations of their relationships. For a 3-week period, 77 couples completed a series of questionnaires and kept diaries on their interactions. As expected, certainty-oriented persons' need for cognitive closure resulted in either high or low trust for their partners. |
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