TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of efficacy and outcome expectations in the decision to withhold relational complaints
AU - Makoul, Gregory
AU - Roloff, Michael E.
PY - 1998/2
Y1 - 1998/2
N2 - A growing body of research demonstrates that intimates do not always confront their partners with grievances. Although useful, the extant research has not looked to the fundamental, goal-oriented nature of confrontation for factors that explain why intimates are unwilling to confront their partners. This study examines the extent to which an individual's outcome expectations (i.e., confidence that a given behavior will yield a particular outcome) and efficacy expectations (i.e., confidence that he or she can enact the relevant behavior) predict the likelihood that a confrontation will take place.
AB - A growing body of research demonstrates that intimates do not always confront their partners with grievances. Although useful, the extant research has not looked to the fundamental, goal-oriented nature of confrontation for factors that explain why intimates are unwilling to confront their partners. This study examines the extent to which an individual's outcome expectations (i.e., confidence that a given behavior will yield a particular outcome) and efficacy expectations (i.e., confidence that he or she can enact the relevant behavior) predict the likelihood that a confrontation will take place.
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U2 - 10.1177/009365098025001001
DO - 10.1177/009365098025001001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032329907
SN - 0093-6502
VL - 25
SP - 5
EP - 29
JO - Communication Research
JF - Communication Research
IS - 1
ER -