Is honesty the best policy? Honest but hurtful evaluative messages in romantic relationships
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu11238536792021-08-03T05:50:17Z Is honesty the best policy? Honest but hurtful evaluative messages in romantic relationships Zhang, Shuangyue Speech Communication hurtful messages honesty romantic relationship face threat honest but hurtful messages perceived motives The present study examined honest but hurtful evaluative messages in romantic relationships. Specifically, this study investigated reasons why some honest evaluative messages were perceived hurtful, topics of the subjects in the messages, and message interpretations. Particularly, three motives underlying the messages were examined: perceived enhancement motives, perceived honesty/accuracy motives, and perceived intent to hurt. A message interpretation model was proposed and tested. Results indicated that perceived enhancement and honesty/accuracy motives were significant predictors of relational outcomes and perceived face threat of the messages. Perceived intent to hurt was associated with message hurtfulness, face threat, and negative relational outcomes. Face threat was found to be a mediating variable between motive factors and hurtfulness. In addition to the motive factors, the influence of personal characteristics such as personal beliefs about honesty in relationships and global self-esteem was also examined in the message interpretation processes. Implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed. 2005-08-24 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1123853679 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1123853679 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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Is honesty the best policy? Honest but hurtful evaluative messages in romantic relationships |
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2005 |
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