Resumen de Serial argument goals, tactics, and outcomes in long-distance and geographically close romantic relationships
Ioana A. Cionea, Stacie V. Wilson-Mumpower, Megan A. Bassick
This article reports the results of a study investigating serial argument behaviors in geographically close (n = 268) and long-distance (n = 271) romantic relationships. We tested a process model connecting serial argument goals with the tactics used to accomplish them (i.e., integrative, distributive, avoidance) and further with the argument’s perceived resolvability and individuals’ change in their relational satisfaction due to the serial argument. Results revealed several similarities in the associations of goals and tactics, but primarily of tactics and outcomes between the two types of romantic relationships, as well as several differences, which we discuss in detail.
