Daily relatedness predicts positive shifts in world beliefs: Implications for psychological well-being and affective tendencies.

IF 3.4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Emotion Pub Date : 2025-05-05 DOI:10.1037/emo0001533

Edward P Lemay, Jennifer N Cutri, Ronald T Or

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Abstract

Primal world beliefs-beliefs about the general character of the world-are linked to psychological well-being, yet little is known about what drives changes in these beliefs. This study examined whether daily relatedness-rewarding, intimate, and responsive social interactions-predicts shifts in primal world beliefs over a year. In a dyadic study of romantic couples (N = 235 couples and 6,411 daily observations), daily relatedness predicted more positive world beliefs 1 year later. Specifically, positive interactions with close ties (i.e., familiar and close interaction partners), romantic relationship satisfaction, and perceived partner responsiveness contributed to these shifts. However, the quality of interactions with weak ties (i.e., unfamiliar or distant partners) did not predict changes in world beliefs. Moreover, positive changes in world beliefs partially explained the prospective effects of daily relatedness on greater well-being and lower depressed affect over the year. These findings provide novel support for retrospective models of world belief change, highlighting the role of everyday interpersonal experiences in shaping fundamental views of the world. They also suggest that more positive world beliefs may partially explain why relatedness promotes well-being. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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日常相关性预测世界信念的积极转变：对心理健康和情感倾向的影响。

原始世界信念——关于世界的一般特征的信念——与心理健康有关，但很少有人知道是什么驱动了这些信念的变化。这项研究考察了日常关系——奖励、亲密和回应的社会互动——是否能预测一年内原始世界信念的变化。在一项对浪漫夫妇的二元研究中（N = 235对夫妇和6,411对日常观察），日常亲疏预示着一年后更积极的世界信念。具体来说，与亲密关系（即熟悉和亲密的互动伙伴）的积极互动，浪漫关系满意度和感知到的伴侣反应性有助于这些转变。然而，与弱关系（即不熟悉或疏远的伙伴）的互动质量并不能预测世界信念的变化。此外，世界信念的积极变化部分解释了日常关系在一年中对更大的幸福感和更低的抑郁影响的预期影响。这些发现为世界信念变化的回顾性模型提供了新的支持，强调了日常人际经历在形成基本世界观方面的作用。他们还认为，更积极的世界观可能部分解释了为什么亲缘关系会促进幸福感。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 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.