Theses and Dissertations
Invested or Invasive?: Applying the Investment Model to Understanding Obsessive Relational Intrusion
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Sinclair, H. Colleen
Committee Member
Adams-Price, Carolyn
Committee Member
Giesen, Martin J.
Date of Degree
5-17-2014
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Psychology
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The present study applied the Investment Model (IM) to predict obsessive relational intrusion (ORI). Participants (n=685) were randomly assigned to read vignettes about a hypothetical relationship termination that manipulated 1) type of rejection, 2) level of investment, and 3) quality of alternatives. Next, participants were asked to report how likely it was that they would engage in pursuit (e.g., leaving gifts and calling) and aggressive (e.g., threatening behaviors) ORI. Contrary to predictions, results indicate that although level of investment affected one’s likelihood of engaging in ORI, quality of alternatives did not. Further, it was expected that a more explicit rejection would lead to greater ORI; however, I found that no rejection lead to more pursuit ORI than either internal or external rejection conditions.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/17962
Recommended Citation
Collier, Katherine E., "Invested or Invasive?: Applying the Investment Model to Understanding Obsessive Relational Intrusion" (2014). Theses and Dissertations. 2796.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/2796
Comments
investment model||rejection||stalking||obsessive relational intrusion