Love and Politics: The Influence of Politically (Dis)Similar Romantic Relationships on Political Participation and Relationship Satisfaction

IF 4.4 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Human Communication Research Pub Date : 2022-05-10 DOI:10.1093/hcr/hqac011

Cynthia Peacock, Joshua R. Pederson

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Abstract

People are more likely to seek out romantic partners who are politically similar to themselves. Nonetheless, romantic partners who disagree politically do exist. This study examines the influence of political (dis)similarity in romantic relationships on both political participation and relationship satisfaction. We found that (1) people in politically similar romantic relationships are more satisfied in their relationships and more politically participative than those who are in dissimilar relationships, (2) discussion expressiveness mediates the relationships between political similarity and satisfaction, (3) discussion frequency and expressiveness mediate the relationship between political similarity and participation, and (4) whereas political conflict intensity mediates the relationship between political similarity and satisfaction, it does not affect participation. Findings indicate that the quality of discussion and conflict, not merely their occurrence, help explain the political and relational results of political (dis)similarity within romantic relationships.

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爱情与政治：政治（非）相似浪漫关系对政治参与和关系满意度的影响

人们更倾向于寻找与自己政治立场相似的恋人。尽管如此，政治立场不同的恋人确实存在。本研究考察了恋爱关系中政治(非)相似性对政治参与和关系满意度的影响。研究发现:(1)政治相似恋爱关系中的人比政治不同恋爱关系中的人对恋爱关系的满意度更高，政治参与程度更高;(2)讨论表达性在政治相似度与满意度之间起中介作用;(3)讨论频率和表达性在政治相似度与参与之间起中介作用。(4)政治冲突强度在政治相似度与满意度之间起中介作用，但不影响参与。研究结果表明，讨论和冲突的质量，而不仅仅是它们的发生，有助于解释恋爱关系中政治(不)相似的政治和关系结果。

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Human Communication Research COMMUNICATION-

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期刊介绍： Human Communication Research is one of the official journals of the prestigious International Communication Association and concentrates on presenting the best empirical work in the area of human communication. It is a top-ranked communication studies journal and one of the top ten journals in the field of human communication. Major topic areas for the journal include language and social interaction, nonverbal communication, interpersonal communication, organizational communication and new technologies, mass communication, health communication, intercultural communication, and developmental issues in communication.