A Cross-national Study: Using Face-Negotiation Theory to Understand Gender, Commitment and Culture in Coping Strategies toward a Partner's Infidelity

The current study explored coping strategies toward the context of discovering a partner's sexual infidelity. There were two primary goals for the current study. First, the current study examined the gender and national differences in conflict styles toward the context of discovering a partner's sexual infidelity. Second, the current study examined the relationship between face concerns and commitment. There were national and gender differences on self-construal face concern, face-concern and conflict styles in the current study. The current findings also suggested that face concern is moderating the relationship between commitment and conflict styles. The limitation and future directions were discussed as well as the clinical implications in the current study.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Development

Department dc:contributor.department

Human Development

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Chang, Wei-Ning

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Piercy, Fred P.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Grafsky, Erika L.
• Zvonkovic, Anisa
• Bradburn, Isabel S.

• Face-negotiation theory
• commitment theory
• face concerns
• sexual infidelity
• conflict style

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:11575

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/86172