My willpower belief and yours: Investigating dyadic associations between willpower beliefs, social support, and relationship satisfaction in couples

IF 3.6 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Zoë Francis, R. Weidmann, J. L. Bühler, R. Burriss, Jenna Wünsche, Alexander Grob, Veronika Job
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A limited willpower belief describes the belief that one’s willpower is depletable and that mental exertion results in a diminished self-control capacity. Limited willpower beliefs have been associated with detrimental personal outcomes (such as poorer goal progress) and may even be related to a lower quality of one’s romantic relationship. With dyadic survey data from 745 couples across 14 days, we investigated how willpower beliefs of both partners were associated with their provision and receipt of social support, as well as their relationship satisfaction. We also examined whether partners with more similar willpower beliefs tended to have higher relationship satisfaction. A limited willpower belief was indeed associated with less provision of both instrumental and emotional support, according to both partners’ perspectives, and was also associated with a lower likelihood of receiving instrumental support. A limited willpower belief negatively correlated with one’s own relationship satisfaction, but partner effects were not significant. While couples’ willpower beliefs were more similar to each other than would be expected by chance, degree of similarity in willpower beliefs was not related to relationship satisfaction. Future research should examine the mechanisms via which willpower beliefs are involved in romantic relationships, potentially through impacting the exchange of support.
我和你的意志力信念调查夫妻意志力信念、社会支持和关系满意度之间的关系
有限意志力信念指的是一个人认为自己的意志力是可耗尽的,精神消耗会导致自我控制能力下降。有限意志力信念与不利的个人结果(如较差的目标进展)有关,甚至可能与较低的恋爱关系质量有关。通过对 745 对情侣进行为期 14 天的双向调查,我们研究了伴侣双方的意志力信念与他们提供和接受的社会支持以及他们的关系满意度之间的关系。我们还研究了具有更相似意志力信念的伴侣是否往往具有更高的关系满意度。根据伴侣双方的观点,有限的意志力信念确实与提供较少的工具性支持和情感支持有关,也与获得工具性支持的可能性较低有关。有限意志力信念与个人的关系满意度呈负相关,但伴侣的影响并不显著。虽然夫妻双方的意志力信念比预期的更相似,但意志力信念的相似程度与关系满意度无关。未来的研究应该探讨意志力信念参与恋爱关系的机制,可能是通过影响支持的交换。
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European Journal of Personality
European Journal of Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
CiteScore
11.90
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8.50%
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48
期刊介绍: It is intended that the journal reflects all areas of current personality psychology. The Journal emphasizes (1) human individuality as manifested in cognitive processes, emotional and motivational functioning, and their physiological and genetic underpinnings, and personal ways of interacting with the environment, (2) individual differences in personality structure and dynamics, (3) studies of intelligence and interindividual differences in cognitive functioning, and (4) development of personality differences as revealed by cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.
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