The Role of Relationship Loss and Self-Loss in Women’s and Men’s Dysphoria

This study investigated the relationship between dysphoria and two distinct kinds of relationship-related loss: relationship loss and loss of self in a relationship. Three models were evaluated. The first model predicts that only intimate relationship loss will be associated with increased dysphoria...

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Published inJournal of social and personal relationships Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 381 - 397
Main Authors Drew, Sarah S., Heesacker, Martin, Frost, Hanna M., Oelke, Lynn E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London SAGE Publications 01.06.2004
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Depression
Friendship
Gender differences
Human behaviour
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal relationships
Loss
Love
Men
Personal relationships
Psychology
Risk factors
Self image
Silencing the self theory
Women
self-silencing
relationship loss
self-loss
dysphoric affect
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Summary:This study investigated the relationship between dysphoria and two distinct kinds of relationship-related loss: relationship loss and loss of self in a relationship. Three models were evaluated. The first model predicts that only intimate relationship loss will be associated with increased dysphoria. The second model predicts that only loss of self will be associated with increased dysphoria. The third model predicts that an interaction between relationship loss and self-loss will be associated with greater dysphoria. Undergraduates (N= 257) completed measures of relationship loss, self-loss, and two dysphoria measures. For both men and women, the study and an independent replication (N= 172) clearly supported the self-loss model and not the alternatives.
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ISSN:0265-4075
1460-3608
DOI:10.1177/0265407504042838