Tugging at Their Heartstrings: Partner's Knowledge of Affective Meta-Bases Predicts Use of Emotional Advocacies in Close Relationships

IF 1.2 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Cognition Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI:10.1521/soco.2022.40.2.150

Kenneth Tan, Y. See

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Abstract

Traditional studies of attitude change have focused on attempts between strangers, but what about in close relationships? The present article examines whether accuracy regarding a partner's meta-attitudinal bases can influence persuasion attempts. Because meta-bases reflect informationprocessing goals, we hypothesized that given partners with more affective meta-bases, greater accuracy regarding partners' meta-bases would predict use of emotional advocacies and their perceived persuasiveness. Self and partner ratings of meta-bases were assessed, and emotional advocacies as well as cognitive ones were provided to participants to present to their partners. Results revealed that the correspondence between perceptions of partner's affective meta-bases and use of emotional advocacies was greater among those whose partners rated themselves as having more affective meta-bases compared to those whose partners rated themselves as having less affective meta-bases. Results remained significant when controlling for perceived similarity. Implications of meta-bases for understanding interpersonal influence are discussed.

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牵动他们的心弦:伴侣对情感元基础的了解预测了亲密关系中情感主张的使用

关于态度改变的传统研究主要集中在陌生人之间的尝试，但在亲密关系中呢?本文探讨了合作伙伴的元态度基础的准确性是否会影响说服尝试。由于元基础反映了信息处理目标，我们假设如果伴侣具有更多的情感元基础，那么关于伴侣元基础的准确性就会更高，这将预测他们使用情感倡导和他们感知到的说服力。对元基的自我和伴侣评分进行评估，并向参与者提供情感倡导和认知倡导，供他们向伴侣展示。结果显示，与那些认为自己有更多情感元基础的人相比，那些认为自己有更少情感元基础的人对伴侣情感元基础的感知和情感倡导的使用之间的对应关系更大。当控制感知相似性时，结果仍然显着。讨论了理解人际影响的元基础的含义。

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Social Cognition PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： An excellent resource for researchers as well as students, Social Cognition features reports on empirical research, self-perception, self-concept, social neuroscience, person-memory integration, social schemata, the development of social cognition, and the role of affect in memory and perception. Three broad concerns define the scope of the journal: - The processes underlying the perception, memory, and judgment of social stimuli - The effects of social, cultural, and affective factors on the processing of information The behavioral and interpersonal consequences of cognitive processes.