Meeting Potential Parents-In-Law and Introducing a Partner to Own Parents: Prospective and Retrospective Studies

Q4 Psychology

Roczniki Psychologiczne Pub Date : 2021-07-12 DOI:10.18290/RPSYCH2114

Paweł Ciesielski, Kamil Janowicz

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Abstract

Parents-in-law are an important part of adult relationships. Contact with them may affect satisfaction and marital success of a married couple. Previous research shows that amount of contact with in-laws, support given by them and conflicts with them have a significant impact on the life of a couple. Little research has explored relationships of parents and parents-in-law with a couple before marriage. Even less is known about the beginnings of these relationships. This research consists of two studies which explored the vision and memories of the first meetings of potential in-laws and parents as a couple. Study 1 (N1 = 34, age M = 23.40, SD = 2.32, Woman = 64.70% N1) asked the participants how they imagined those events, while evaluating stress accompanying them. The participants reported predictions of feeling stressed by both events, but also of excitement, having no expectations, being ashamed by their own parents or being trustful in parents’ behavior. Stress assessments of both events are inconclusive in establishing whether one of them is more stressful than the other. In Study 2 (N2 = 8, age M = 23.50, SD = 2.67, Woman = 62.50% N2) a sample of young adults was interviewed about their memories concerning situations of meeting their in-laws and introducing their partner to their own parents. The respondents recalled 37 features, of which experiencing stress and fear in both situations was common. All reflected on the way that the meeting happened and all but one described how they had prepared for it.

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会见潜在岳父岳母并向自己的父母介绍伴侣:前瞻性和回顾性研究

公婆是成年人关系的重要组成部分。与他们的接触可能会影响已婚夫妇的满意度和婚姻成功。先前的研究表明，与姻亲的接触、姻亲给予的支持以及与姻亲之间的冲突对夫妻的生活有着重大影响。很少有研究探讨婚前父母和公婆之间的关系。关于这些关系的开端，人们所知更少。这项研究包括两项研究，探讨了潜在姻亲和父母作为一对夫妇第一次见面的视觉和记忆。研究1（N1=34，年龄M=23.40，SD=2.32，女性=64.70%N1）询问参与者如何想象这些事件，同时评估伴随他们的压力。参与者报告说，他们对这两件事都感到压力，但也会感到兴奋、没有期望、为自己的父母感到羞耻或对父母的行为感到信任。对这两个事件的压力评估在确定其中一个是否比另一个压力更大方面没有结论。在研究2中（N2=8，年龄M=23.50，SD=2.67，女性=62.50%N2），对年轻人样本进行了访谈，了解他们与姻亲见面和将伴侣介绍给自己父母的情景记忆。受访者回忆了37个特征，其中在这两种情况下经历压力和恐惧是常见的。所有人都对会议的举行方式进行了反思，除一人外，其他人都描述了他们是如何为会议做准备的。

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期刊介绍： Roczniki Psychologiczne / Annals of Psychology, the continuation of Annals of Philosophy: Psychology, is an academic journal edited by The Scientific Society of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin [Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL]. It aims to present up-to-date and original empirical results and influential theoretical considerations in various areas of psychology as well as to promote new and creative ideas in research and psychological methods. The Journal accepts contributions of three kinds: 1) original peer reviewed articles on both empirical and conceptual topics, 2) short communications, and 3) polemics, which consist of a focus article followed by peer commentaries and a response by the author of the focus article.