Unrequited love: On heartbreak, anger, guilt, scriptlessness, and humiliation

Autor:	Sara R. Wotman, Arlene M. Stillwell, Roy F. Baumeister
Rok vydání:	1993
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Humiliation Anger Romance Interpersonal relationship Grief Narrative Psychology Social psychology Social rejection media_common Unrequited love
Zdroj:	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 64:377-394
ISSN:	1939-1315 0022-3514
DOI:	10.1037/0022-3514.64.3.377
Popis:	Unreciprocated romantic attraction was explored by comparing narrative accounts. Unrequited love emerged as a bilaterally distressing experience marked by mutual incomprehension and emotional interdependence. Would-be lovers looked back with both positive and intensely negative emotions, whereas rejectors were more uniformly negative in their accounts. Unlike rejectors, would-be lovers believed that the attraction had been mutual, that they had been led on, and that the rejection had never been communicated definitely. Rejectors depicted themselves as morally innocent but still felt guilty about hurting someone; many rejectors depicted the would-be lover's persistent efforts as intrusive and annoying
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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