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Registered Replication Report: Study 1 From Finkel, Rusbult, Kumashiro, & Hannon (2002).

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  • 1Department of Psychology, Huron University College at The University of Western Ontario icheung5@uwo.ca.

Perspectives on Psychological Science : a Journal of the Association for Psychological Science
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Summary

This study investigated relationship commitment and betrayal responses. Replications found that priming commitment did not affect forgiveness, unlike the original study, suggesting the manipulation may not be effective.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Relationship Science

Background:

  • Subjective commitment influences relationship maintenance behaviors.
  • Previous research linked commitment to responses to relationship betrayal, but lacked experimental evidence for causality.
  • Finkel et al. (2002) experimentally linked commitment priming to reduced exit/neglect responses to betrayal.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally test the causal effect of subjective commitment on forgiveness responses to relationship betrayal.
  • To replicate Finkel et al.'s (2002) findings on commitment priming and betrayal responses.
  • To meta-analytically combine results from 16 direct replications using a preregistered protocol.

Main Methods:

  • A Registered Replication Report (RRR) methodology was employed.
Keywords:
commitmentpreregistrationrejectionrelationshipsreplication

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  • 16 direct replications of Finkel et al. (2002, Study 1) were conducted.
  • Participants were primed to think about relationship commitment or independence, then responded to hypothetical betrayals.

    • Main Results:

    • The commitment priming manipulation did not significantly affect forgiveness outcome measures across replications.
    • The priming manipulation failed to influence subjective commitment levels, indicating the manipulation was ineffective.
    • A meta-analysis of the 16 studies showed minimal effects of the priming manipulation.

    Conclusions:

    • The original study's findings on commitment priming causally affecting forgiveness were not replicated.
    • The ineffectiveness of the commitment priming manipulation in the RRR is a key difference from the original study.
    • Further research is needed to understand discrepancies and refine methods for studying commitment and forgiveness in relationships.