The dance of smiles: Comparing smile synchrony in nondistressed and therapy-seeking couples.

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Emotion Pub Date : 2024-12-16 DOI:10.1037/emo0001466

Reut Machluf-Ruttner, David A Sbarra, Ben Shahar, Carmel Sofer, Eran Bar-Kalifa

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Abstract

Dyadic affective processes are key determinants of romantic relationship quality. One such process termed emotional synchrony (i.e., the coupling of partners' emotions) has attracted growing attention in recent years. The present study focused on synchrony in partners' smiles, a nonverbal signal with significant social functions. Specifically, smile synchrony in the interactions of nondistressed couples was compared to smile synchrony in therapy-seeking couples. The former were predicted to show higher levels of smile synchrony. Data from the interactions of 61 (30 nondistressed and 31 treatment-seeking) couples were collected during a laboratory session while they engaged in four 6-min interactions during which they discussed positive or negative aspects of their relationship. FaceReader software was used to continuously code each partner's smile. Compared to treatment-seeking couples, nondistressed couples exhibited higher levels of smile synchrony, and such synchrony occurred in shorter time intervals. These results suggest that smile synchrony may be used as a behavioral signature of relationship quality. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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微笑之舞：比较无压力夫妇与寻求治疗夫妇的微笑同步性。

双向情感过程是决定恋爱关系质量的关键因素。近年来，这种被称为情感同步（即伴侣情感的耦合）的过程引起了越来越多的关注。本研究的重点是伴侣微笑的同步性，这是一种具有重要社会功能的非语言信号。具体来说，研究人员将未受压力的情侣互动中的微笑同步性与寻求治疗的情侣的微笑同步性进行了比较。根据预测，前者会表现出更高水平的微笑同步性。在一次实验课上，我们收集了 61 对夫妇（30 对未受压力夫妇和 31 对寻求治疗夫妇）的互动数据，他们在四次 6 分钟的互动中讨论了他们关系中积极或消极的方面。使用 FaceReader 软件对每对伴侣的微笑进行连续编码。与寻求治疗的情侣相比，没有受到压力的情侣表现出更高水平的微笑同步，而且这种同步发生的时间间隔更短。这些结果表明，微笑同步可以作为关系质量的行为特征。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有）。

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Emotion PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

8.40

自引率

7.10%

发文量

325

审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： Emotion publishes significant contributions to the study of emotion from a wide range of theoretical traditions and research domains. The journal includes articles that advance knowledge and theory about all aspects of emotional processes, including reports of substantial empirical studies, scholarly reviews, and major theoretical articles. Submissions from all domains of emotion research are encouraged, including studies focusing on cultural, social, temperament and personality, cognitive, developmental, health, or biological variables that affect or are affected by emotional functioning. Both laboratory and field studies are appropriate for the journal, as are neuroimaging studies of emotional processes.