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The Influence of Acceptance Goals on Relational Perceptions
1a Purdue University.
The Journal of Social Psychology
|January 31, 2015
Summary
Understanding social interaction goals is key. Maintaining relationships leads to more positive perceptions than establishing or repairing them, with self-esteem playing a crucial role.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Relationship Science
Background:
- Relational perceptions encompass social involvement, relational value, and interaction experience.
- Interaction acceptance goals include establishing, maintaining, or repairing relationships.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how relational perceptions differ based on interaction acceptance goals.
- To explore the moderating role of self-esteem in the relationship between acceptance goals, relational perceptions, and interaction experience.
Main Methods:
- Participants' relational perceptions were assessed across different interaction acceptance goal conditions (establish, maintain, repair).
- A moderated mediation model was employed to analyze the influence of self-esteem.
Main Results:
- Relational perceptions were most positive in the maintain condition, followed by establish, and then repair.
- Self-esteem moderated the indirect effects of social involvement and relational value on interaction experience.
Conclusions:
- Interaction acceptance goals significantly impact relational perceptions and interaction experiences.
- Self-esteem acts as a boundary condition, influencing how acceptance goals affect positive interaction experiences.
- Findings offer an integrated framework for understanding the interplay of acceptance goals, relational perceptions, interaction experience, and self-esteem.
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