structural commitment

in U.S. sociologist Michael P. Johnson’s tripartite model of marital commitment, a form of commitment in which a person feels tied to a relationship because of external factors. For example, it is often engendered by the anticipated financial cost or lost social or family connections that would result from ending a relationship. It often leads people to remain in dissatisfying relationships. Also called constraint commitment. Compare moral commitment; personal commitment.

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November 25th 2024

ChE

abbreviation for cholinesterase.