Marital Commitment
Dimension 899 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Marital Commitment measures the extent to which an expression centers on entering, maintaining, evaluating, or dissolving a committed partner union, especially marriage and closely related partnership status. It encompasses relationship status, intentions toward marriage, satisfaction with the union, and major transitions such as separation, divorce, or marrying.
evidence final name · Married Marriage
Minimal Marital Commitment
Expressions activating this band mention general household, family, financial, or relationship circumstances without a clear focus on marriage or committed partner-union decisions. Partnership content appears only incidentally or as broad background status.
Low Marital Commitment
Expressions activating this band focus on partner status and the existence or history of a committed union, including cohabitation, relationship duration, infidelity, separation, divorce, or widowhood. The union is treated as an established life circumstance under evaluation or transition.
Moderate Marital Commitment
Expressions activating this band center on personal concern, uncertainty, or strain around marriage or long-term partnership. They include wondering about marrying, regretting marriage or cohabitation, and stress tied to romantic commitment.
High Marital Commitment
Expressions activating this band focus on deliberate orientation toward marriage as a desired or appraised life event. They emphasize wanting to marry and judging marriage as a good or bad experience.
Complete Marital Commitment
Expressions activating this band indicate the realized act of marrying. Marriage is presented as a concrete, completed status transition rather than a possibility, evaluation, or concern.
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Minimal Married Marriage: Content characterized by status, live, chances, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect married marriage at this level.
Emerging Married Marriage: Content characterized by matchmaking, marrying, marriage, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect married marriage at this level.
Elevated Married Marriage: Content characterized by married, marriage, couples, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect married marriage at this level.
Severe Married Marriage: Content characterized by married, marriage, can, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect married marriage at this level.