Conflict Tactics and the Level of Emotional Commitment Among Unmarrieds
分析了690名大学生的情感承诺水平如何影响其恋爱关系中的冲突策略，发现情感依恋后理性沟通增加，但暴力行为无显著差异，且女性报告更多理性沟通和言语攻击。
The responses of 690 college students were analyzed to determine if the level of emotional commitment in their relationship affected the type of conflict tactics used. Significant differences were found between the lowest level and higher levels of commitment for the Reasoning and the Verbal Aggression subscales while no differences were found among the levels of commitment based on the Violence subscale. The Reasoning score increased significantly at the point when the subject became emotionally attached to his or her partner. Also, females reported significantly higher Reasoning and Verbal Aggression scores than did the males. The study indicated that at the point the subjects decide that their partner was a potential mate, major distortions occurred in how the subjects view the partners' conflict tactics behaviors. This period of distortion is referred to as the period of partner idolization and its impact on both the respondent's and their partner's behavior is discussed.