Romantic Commitment and the Perceived Availability of Opposite‐Sex Persons: On Loving the One You're With<sup>1</sup>

B. Jemmott, John; L. Ashby, Karen; Lindenfeld, Kathryn

doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.1989.tb01247.x

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Romantic Commitment and the Perceived Availability of Opposite‐Sex Persons: On Loving the One You're With1

Published in Journal of Applied Social Psychology • Oct 1, 1989

Authors:

John B. Jemmott

Karen L. Ashby

Kathryn Lindenfeld

Abstract

This article reports a study that examined whether perceptions of the availability of members of the opposite sex are related to commitment to romantic relationships among students at two colleges. Analyses of students' anonymous questionnaire responses reveal that students who perceived that there ...

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Psychology

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Social psychology

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