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self-expansion model  

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  • The Self-Expansion Model is a conceptual framework that attempts to describe how people think, feel, and act in close relationships. Originally proposed in 1986 by Arthur Aron and Elaine N. Aron, it was inspired by an integration of Eastern psychology's views (mostly Vedanta) on the evolution of the self and the nature of love with contemporary Western psychological work on motivation and cognition. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Self-Expansion Model]

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