Expected Interdependence Scale

Baker, L. R., McNulty, J. K., Brady, A., & Montalvo, S. (2020). A new measure of expected relationship satisfaction, alternatives, and investments supports the expectations of interdependence model. In L. E. VanderDrift, C. R. Agnew, & X. B. Arriaga (Eds.), Interdependence, Interaction, and Close Relationships (Advances in Personal Relationships). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Expected SatisfactionExpected AlternativesExpected InvestmentRelationship ExpectationsSatisfactionQuality of AlternativesInvestmentInterdependence

Investment Model Scale

Rusbult, C. E., Martz, J. M., & Agnew, C. R. (1998). The investment model scale: Measuring commitment level, satisfaction level, quality of alternatives, and investment size. Personal Relationships, 5 (4), 357-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.1998.tb00177.x

CommitmentSatisfactionInvestmentQuality of Alternatives

Types of Relationship Investment

Goodfriend, W., & Agnew, C. R. (2008). Sunken costs and desired plans: Examining different types of investments in close relationships. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(12), 1639-1652.

Investment

Revised Commitment Inventory

Owen, J., Rhoades, G. K., Stanley, S. M., & Markman, H. J. (2011). The Revised Commitment Inventory: Psychometrics and use with unmarried couples. Journal of Family Issues, 32(6), 820–841. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X10385788

CommitmentInvestmentQuality of AlternativesDedication CommitmentConstraint Commitment

Commitment Inventory

Stanley, S. M., & Markman, H. J. (1992). Assessing commitment in personal relationships. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 54 (3), 595–608. https://doi.org/10.2307/353245

CommitmentInvestmentQuality of AlternativesSacrificeBreakup Strategies