Research
When a partner won’t apologize, anxiously attached people may hold bigger grudges
PsyPost · By Eric W. Dolan ·
The Brief
- New research in The Journal of Social Psychology links a partner's refusal to apologize to bigger grudges among anxiously attached people.
- Across three studies, people who worry about rejection reported more grudges, more withdrawal, and less forgiveness when a partner did not apologize.
- The source is a PsyPost summary of the study; the summary text is truncated and no further methodological details are given.
Why it matters
The findings describe how attachment anxiety may shape forgiveness in relationships, which is relevant to researchers studying close relationships and interpersonal conflict.
Who’s affected
- Researchers in relationship and attachment psychology
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- #forgiveness
- #relationships
- #grudges
- #social psychology
When a romantic partner refuses to apologize after hurting them, people who worry about rejection tend to report holding more grudges, pulling away, and withholding forgiveness, according to new research published in The Journal of Social Psychology . Across three studies, the…
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PsyPost reports on the new research published in The Journal of Social Psychology
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When a partner won’t apologize, anxiously attached people may hold bigger grudges