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In Study 1, we created a new measurement scale, the Competitive and Nurturant Commitment Motivations Scale (CNCMS), to assess motivations for commitment in romantic relationships. We broadly predicted two motivation types based on the Steroid/Peptide (S/P) Theory of Social Bonds (van Anders et al., 2011): competitive commitment motivations and nurturant commitment motivations. As such, we developed a measure with items that reflected competitive and nurturant commitment motivations for romantic relationships. Each item was also designed to fall under one of five facets of commitment outlined in previous research: fidelity, emotional satisfaction, persistence, investment/interdependence, and public declaration. Study 1 results from an Exploratory Factor Analysis with 460 participants (women n = 346, men n = 95, nonbinary/agender/genderfluid n = 15, gender/sex unknown n = 4) supported a two-factor solution for the CNCMS reflecting competitive commitment motivations (CNCMS-C) and nurturant commitment motivations (CNCMS-N). A factor solution along the five facets of commitment was not supported. In the current study, we aim to confirm the two-factor solution for the CNCMS using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) in a new sample of 940 participants (cisgender women n = 323; cisgender men n = 308; gender/sex minorities n = 309). We will also test measurement invariance (configural, metric, and scalar) across cisgender women, cisgender men, and gender/sex minorities to see if the two-factor CNCMS holds up across gender/sex groups. Other goals include testing convergent validity of the CNCMS, comparing the CNCMS with the Investment Model Scale (IMS), and exploring associations between the CNCMS subscales and sexual satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, approach motivations for sex, avoidance motivations for sex, perpetration and experiences of abusive conflict patterns, and attachment style. Finally, we also aim to explore gender/sex group differences in associations between the CNCMS subscales and other measures, but these may be reserved for a follow-up manuscript if appropriate. |
