Abstract
This study examined the effects of pretransgression relational characteristics and communicative infidelity (CI) motives on anticipated posttransgression relationship outcomes. Participants (N = 215) answered questions assessing investment, satisfaction, quality of alternatives, commitment, and perceived partner uniqueness (PPU) before responding to 1 of 5 CI scenarios, followed by assessments of forgiveness and dissolution or continuance decisions. Results revealed differences in posttransgression outcomes based on both sex and the pretransgression assessments, but not as a result of the partner's motive for committing CI. Additionally, one CI motive (i.e., sexual depression) moderated the relationship between pretransgression PPU and posttransgression discussion of the offense.
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