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The authors developed and tested the Relationship Sabotage Scale (RSS) to measure self-defeating patterns in romantic relationships. They ran three studies with a total of 1,365 English-speaking people from varied gender, sexual, and cultural backgrounds. After initial exploratory analyses, a confirmatory factor analysis supported a final 12-item scale with three…
The researchers interviewed 15 practising psychologists in Australia about “romantic self-sabotage.” They found the term is not well defined in the research and is often treated as the same as self-handicapping. The psychologists said self-sabotage in romantic relationships can include internal behaviours that self-handicapping does not cover. The study identified…
