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Caryl E. Rusbult was a professor and chair of the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She died from uterine cancer on January 27, 2010. Rusbult received her B.A. in Sociology from UCLA (1974) and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1978). During her time as a professor at Chapel Hill (1986–2004) she made seminal contributions to theoretical social psychology including the investment model of commitment processes, a theoretical model of accommodation processes, and the Michelangelo effect.
Rusbult’s Investment Model of Commitment Processes is one of the most well-known and influential theoretical frameworks in the area of close relationships. This model explains how committed partners maintain and promote their relationships by transforming personal motives to take into account the necessity of coordinating and getting along with partners.
Rusbult served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1990 to 1994) and the Encyclopedia of Psychology (1996 to 2000), and was elected to the boards of several national and international organizations (e.g., Society of Experimental Social Psychologists, International Society for the Study of Personal Relationships).
The Caryl E. Rusbult Young Investigator Award has been created in her memory.
Caryl E. Rusbult was a professor and chair of the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Netherlands...
Society for Research in Child Development Early Career Award in 2015, the CarylRusbult Early Career Award for Relationship Research from the Society for Personality...
relationships and relationship marketing. The investment model proposed by CarylRusbult is a useful version of social exchange theory. According to this model...
theory has also been the basis of other influential works, such as CarylRusbult's investment model theory. The investment model (later known as the 'investment...
interactionism William James George Herbert Mead Drigotas, Stephen M.; Rusbult, Caryl E.; Wieselquist, Jennifer; Whitton, Sarah W. (1999). "Close partner...
personality and social psychology. These awards include the following: CarylRusbult Close Relationships Early Career Award (2011–present) Heritage Dissertation...
Grad. English Professor of medieval English at Princeton University CarylRusbult Grad. Psychology Professor of psychology at Vrije Universiteit Douglas...
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Achievement from the International Association for Relationship Research 2014 CarylRusbult Close Relationships Early Career Award for outstanding contributions...
The investment model of commitment, originally described by Caryl E. Rusbult, is a predictive psychological theory that aims to explain why people remain...
of the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology (2011), the CarylRusbult Close Relationships Early Career Award (2011) (from the Relationship...
characterized by romantic or passionate attachment or sexual activity. Rusbult, Caryl E. (2003), Fletcher, Garth J. O.; Clark, Margaret S. (eds.), "Interdependence...
1177/0146167294202008. ISSN 0146-1672. S2CID 146625806. Johnson, Dennis J.; Rusbult, Caryl E. (1989). "Resisting temptation: Devaluation of alternative partners...
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