Browsing OU - Faculty and Staff Publications by Author "Carolin J. Showers"
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‘Similarity breeds liking’ revisited: The moderating role of commitment
David M. Amodio; Carolin J. Showers (Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2005-12-01) -
Organization of Parent Knowledge: Compartmentalization and Integration in Adult Child-Parent Relationships
Alicia Limke; Carolin J. Showers (Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2010-09-01)Previous research has demonstrated an association between structure of beliefs about romantic partners and feelings for that partner. Here, the structure of college students’ beliefs about their parents was linked to ... -
Organization of Partner Knowledge: Relationship Outcomes and Longitudinal Change
Carolin J. Showers; Virgil Zeigler-Hill (Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2004-09-01)This study examined the association between organization of knowledge about a romantic partner (partner structure) and relationship status (ongoing or ended) 1 year later. Ironically, partner structures that were associated ... -
Self-Structure and Self-Esteem Stability: The Hidden Vulnerability of Compartmentalization
Virgil Zeigler-Hill; Carolin J. Showers (Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2007-02-01)The present studies examined the association between self-concept structure and stability of self-esteem. In two daily diary studies, evaluative integration (organizing positively and negatively valenced self-beliefs into ...