- Attachment Theory: a framework for the study of how children develop secure or insecure attachments as a function of early interaction with caregivers. (Laura K. Guerrero, Lisa Farinelli & Bree McEwan, 2009)
- Emotional Intelligence: or trait emotional self-efficiency, a personality trait that involves a constellation of self-perceived emotion-related abilities and dispositions that are typically measured via self-report instruments (Petrides & Furnham, 2001, 3rd party).
- Social Exchange Theory: Social exchange theory is a social psychological and sociological perspective that explains social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties (LGS, 3rd party, wiki.org).
- Error Management Theory: an extensive theory of cognitive biases that refer to biases and heuristics that have survived evolutionary history because they at the least, held slight reproductive benefits (LGS, 3rd party, wiki.org).
- Recalled Reality: the way someone remembers something from their past. (can be flawed) (Let’s Get Serious, 2011)
- Relationship Maintenance: keeping up on a relationship, in this case, using cell phones (The Effects…, 2012).
- Conflict Communication: How couples deal with disagreements in their relationships. (Typically, + or -) (Trait Emotional Intel…, 2008)
- CPRS: is a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree) designed to assess participants’ perceptions of cell phone rules in their romantic relationships (The Effects…, 2012).
- Relationship Satisfaction Scale (RSS): a unidimensional measure consisting of seven items on a 5-point scale typically ranging from, unsatisfied to extremely satisfied (The Effects…, 2012).
- Confirmatory Factory Analysis: used to test whether measures of a construct are consistent with a researcher’s understanding of the nature of that construct or factor (Attachment and Relational Satisfaction…, 3rd party, wiki.org).
Looking forward, I definitely need to focus in and get a much clearer and more concise reason for my research. I hope to find a purpose for my paper and I believe this will greatly help me write my annotated bibliography.
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