Psychology Research

Factors that Affect Long Interpersonal Relationships
Long-term interpersonal relationships and the factors that keep couples together has been
a topic in research that reminds us how these factors come into play as the length of the
relationship increases. Rusbult (1983) offered three factors that affect long-term relationships.
The first factor was satisfaction, depending on if the individuals in relationship were satisfied (e.g.,
happy) or dissatisfied (e.g., unhappy) with their relationship it would lead to how long their
relationship lasted. …