Being psychologically abused is not enough into ending a relationship: Sunk cost effect in intimate abusive relationships

• Autores: Rui Nunes Costa, Mafalda Serra, Tânia Sousa, Ângela Leite
• Localización: Revista interamericana de psicología = Interamerican journal of psychology, ISSN 0034-9690, Vol. 53, Nº. 3, 2019, págs. 445-459
• Idioma: inglés
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  • English

    Our aimis to understand the role of the sunk cost effect in intimate abusive relationships. Results ofa questionnaire,based on likely scenarios applied to 267 women, show that womenin a relationship invest more time/days in a relationshipthan those who are not in a relationship. Also, an effect of scenario and of relationship status on sunk costeffectwere found. Women spend more time in a non-violent scenario; also, they spend more time in a scenario ofpsychological violence than in oneof sexual or physical violence. These results suggest that being in a relationship enhance the likelihood of committing sunk cost effect; prior investments in a relationship acquire more value for individuals in a current relationship where those efforts exist naturally.

  • português

    O nosso objetivo é compreender o papel do sunk cost effectem relacionamentos íntimosabusivos. Os resultados de um questionário, baseado em cenários prováveis aplicados a 267 mulheres, mostram que os participantes de um relacionamento investem mais tempo/ dias num relacionamentodo que quem não está um relacionamento. Além disso, um efeito do cenário e do estatutodo relacionamento no sunk cost effectfoi encontrado. As mulheres passam mais tempo mum cenário não violento; além disso, elas permaecemmais tempo num cenário de violência psicológica do que num deviolência sexual ou física. Esses resultados sugerem que estar num relacionamento aumenta a probabilidade de sunk cost effect; investimentos anteriores num relacionamento adquirem mais valor para os indivíduos num relacionamento atual, onde esses esforços existem naturalmente.

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