Document Type
Research Paper
Abstract
The catastrophe theory of attitudes (Latane & Nowak, 1994) suggests that important interpersonal relationships will elicit extreme reactions. One hundred fifty-one college students wrote about a positive, negative, or recent event with their romantic partner and an acquaintance and rated how satisfied they were with the relationship during the event. Romantic relationships led to more extreme reactions, and the more important the relationship, the more extreme the satisfaction.
Publication Date
1999
Journal Title
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
117
Last Page
120
Copyright
©1999 by the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Publisher
University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Recommended Citation
Ingram, Stephanie; Jagodzinski, Michelle; and Harton, Helen C.
(1999)
"The Catastrophic Theory of Attitudes as it Relates to the Importance of Romantic and Nonromantic Relationships,"
Conference Proceedings: Undergraduate Social Science Research Conference: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 20.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/csbsproceedings/vol3/iss1/20
