Sentences with phrase «more relationship initiations»

As the fifth biggest day for a net increase in relationships, April 1st saw 20 % more relationship initiations than splits.

Not exact matches

Given the Courts decision in Keenan v Canac, it is more important than ever for both employees and employers to seek employment law advice not only upon termination but also at the initiation of an employment relationship.

(Posted Feb 2012) Click here for the transcript of this podcast Number 6 Interviews with Justin Cavallo on gender differences and relationship initiation and Jennifer Byrd - Craven on how talking about negative events with friends can actually cause more stress.

Earlier initiation of romantic relationships and more frequent alcohol use were predicted by greater sociability and less impulsivity in childhood, higher quality friendships and greater peer acceptance in early adolescence, and a more mature appearance and physical attractiveness (among females) at age 13.

These associations were mediated, however, by earlier initiation of romantic relationships and more frequent use of alcohol in middle adolescence.

Adolescents having a secure attachment with parents are more able to explore the world, negotiate their autonomy and develop appropriate social skills, which are crucial for the initiation and maintenance of close relationships, as well as satisfying interactions with friends and romantic partners (Ávila et al. 2011; Engels et al. 2001).

Among the findings were that perceived imbalance with respect to the work of relationship initiation was common, that women were more likely than men to perceive their partners as having done more work than they did themselves, and that overall there were no gender differences in perceptions of who did more work.

As is true of other areas of work in romantic relationships that generally require contributions by both members (e.g., division of household labor, childcare), the work of relationship initiation and maintenance may sometimes be done more by one partner than the other.

However, a majority (approximately 64 %) perceived the work of relationship initiation as imbalanced (i.e., one partner contributing more than the other).

In regard to relationship initiation, slightly more of both men (31.6 %) and women (38.9 %) perceived the male partner as having worked harder than perceived the female partner as having worked harder (27.4 % of men, 30.5 % of women).

The goals of this investigation were to examine: (1) relationship members» perceptions of the balance of work at both the initiation and the maintenance stages of their relationship; (2) whether one gender in heterosexual, romantic relationships is perceived as doing more of the work of relationship initiation and relationship maintenance; and (3) relational outcomes (e.g, satisfaction) associated with the perceptions of balance versus imbalance in the work of relationship initiation and maintenance.

Conversely, women are more likely to engage in indirect strategies of relationship initiation (e.g., nonverbal cues of interest)(e.g., Clark et al., 1999).

Contrary to H1a, a greater percentage of participants perceived that one partner did more of the work of relationship initiation (64.2 %) than said the work was balanced or mutually shared (35.8 %), Χ2 (1) = 15.35, p <.001.

We hypothesize that male partners will be more likely than female partners to be perceived as doing the work of relationship initiation (H3), but that female partners will be more likely than male partners to be perceived as doing the work of relationship maintenance (H4).

When we retraced the history of a sample of heterosexual couples back to the beginning of their relationship, by asking who had done the work of relationship initiation, we found that partners were more likely to say that one partner had worked harder than the other than to say that the partners had mutually shared the work.

Although research on relationship endings has established that ex-partners often report that the dissolution phase is non-mutual, with one partner doing more of the work than the other (e.g., Attridge, Berscheid, & Simpson, 1995; Sprecher, 1994), much less is known about how couples perceive the balance of work at the initiation and maintenance stages.

In addition, although our global item about work balance (which did not ask about specific work activities related to relationship initiation and maintenance) has the benefit of allowing the participants to consider the behaviors important to them, future research could also ask more specifically about what behaviors partners engage in as part of their contribution to the work of the relationship initiation and maintenance.

Next, we examined whether there were differences in the degree to which the male partner versus the female partner was perceived as doing more of the work of relationship initiation and maintenance.

However, we recognize that there are many reasons that the workload of the relationship, particularly at initiation, could be perceived as imbalanced with one partner viewed as doing more work than the other.

For example, partners who believe that they did more of the work of relationship initiation may come to feel especially committed to their relationship, as would be predicted by a cognitive dissonance framework on justifying effort (e.g., Aronson & Mills, 1959).

For example, prior research has revealed that men are more likely than women to report engaging in various direct relationship initiation activities, including asking for a date, paying for the first date (s), making initial sexual overtures, and saying the first «I love you» (Ackerman, Griskevicius, & Li, 2011; Bredow et al., 2008; Clark et al., 1999; Custer et al., 2008).

Because mutuality, egalitarianism, and equity constitute common ideals that most people value and strive to achieve in their close romantic relationships (e.g., Canary & Stafford, 1992; Dainton & Stafford, 1993; Haas & Stafford, 1998), we hypothesize that our participants will be more likely to perceive balanced than imbalanced sharing of relationship work, at both the initiation stage (H1a) and the maintenance stage (H1b).