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Communication Research, Vol. 25, No. 1, 5-29 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/009365098025001001

The Role of Efficacy and Outcome Expectations in the Decision to Withhold Relational Complaints

GREGORY MAKOUL

MICHAEL E. ROLOFF

A growing body of research demonstrates that intimates do not always confront their partners with grievances. Although useful, the extant research has not looked to the fundamental, goal-oriented nature of confrontation for factors that explain why intimates are unwilling to confront their partners. This study examines the extent to which an individual's outcome expectations (i.e., confidence that a given behavior will yield a particular outcome) and efficacy expectations (i.e., confidence that he or she can enact the relevant behavior) predict the likelihood that a confrontation will take place.


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