Ample research examines the importance of one’s commitment level to their romantic relationship; however, individuals’ desire for progressive levels of commitment has received less attention in the literature. In the current studies, we introduce the novel concept of commitment amplification (i.e., the desire to become more committed in one’s romantic relationship) by developing and validating a new scale (the Commitment Amplification Scale). Additionally, we investigate the conceptual uniqueness of commitment amplification and examine associations with relationship-oriented thoughts (Study 1 and 2) and behaviors (Study 3). Results support the establishment of commitment amplification as a distinct and predictive construct. Furthermore, commitment amplification predicts relationship constructs above and beyond existing measures of commitment and commitment readiness.

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为下一步做好准备：浪漫关系中新颖的承诺放大

大量研究探讨了一个人的承诺水平对其浪漫关系的重要性；然而，个人对渐进承诺水平的渴望在文献中受到的关注较少。在当前的研究中，我们通过开发和验证新的量表（承诺放大量表），引入了承诺放大的新概念（即对浪漫关系更加忠诚的愿望）。此外，我们还研究了承诺放大的概念独特性，并检查了与关系导向的思想（研究 1 和 2）和行为（研究 3）的关联。结果支持承诺放大作为一种独特的预测性结构的建立。此外，承诺放大预测的关系构建将超出现有的承诺和承诺准备度衡量标准。