{"title":"Intercultural romantic relationship quality: What is the role of accommodation?","authors":"Nicole M. Froidevaux, Belinda Campos","doi":"10.1177/02654075231196927","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231196927","url":null,"abstract":"Research comparing the romantic relationship quality of individuals in intercultural and intracultural relationships has yielded inconsistent findings. The current study examined whether accommodation, the process of responding constructively to relationship problems, would reveal new insight on this topic. Undergraduate students (N = 343) reported on whether they were in an intercultural or intracultural romantic relationship and completed surveys of accommodation, romantic relationship quality, and demographic characteristics. Analyses revealed that individuals in intercultural romantic relationships reported higher romantic relationship commitment and satisfaction than individuals in intracultural romantic relationships. The association of accommodation with romantic relationship commitment was also found to be weaker in the intercultural group than the intracultural group after accounting for age and gender, but not after accounting for ethnicity or relationship length. Overall, results suggest that accommodation may be less relevant for individuals in intercultural romantic relationships, and that ethnicity and relationship length are important factors for understanding the role of accommodation within intercultural romantic relationships. Our findings underscore the importance of examining the possibility of distinct psychological processes in intercultural couples, who comprise an increasingly common form of close relationship.","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43687219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A systemic, multiple socialization approach to the study of prosocial development","authors":"Cara Streit, M. McGinley, G. Carlo","doi":"10.1177/02654075231196595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231196595","url":null,"abstract":"Prosocial development includes tendencies, such as empathy, sympathy, helping behaviors, prosocial values, prosocial moral reasoning, and forgiveness, that reflect a concern for, and benevolence towards, others (Carlo, 2014). Prosocial tendencies form the foundations of positive interpersonal relationships, group cooperation, moral exemplary behaviors, and social justice (Carlo, 2014). These tendencies are deemed markers of healthy and normative social functioning and can also be manifested under conditions of adversity. Indeed, there is also accumulating evidence that prosocial development can mitigate maladaptive and antisocial outcomes and enhance other adaptive behaviors and outcomes (e.g., academic achievement, anxiety, depression; Carlo et al., 2018). Most traditional theories of prosocial development acknowledge the central socializing influence of family, peers, and media in children’s prosociality (Carlo and Conejo, 2019; Carlo and de Guzman, 2009; Eisenberg, 1986). However, despite demonstrated links between these distinct socializing influences, few studies examine the more ecologically valid notion that such influences are likely to interactively and jointly influence children’s prosocial development. Utilizing this approach would acknowledge the dynamic systems that shape children’s lives. Further, adopting a systemic socializing influence perspective would likely prompt the use of relatively sophisticated and innovative methodologies to account these multiple influences. The aim of the present special issue is to highlight the manner in which two or more socialization agents (e.g., parents, siblings, peers, schools, youth organizations,","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":"40 1","pages":"2731 - 2739"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41405118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parents’ attachment anxiety and preoccupation with their child’s social functioning: The moderating role of social rejection and acceptance","authors":"Dana Azani Sadka, Guy Doron, M. Mikulincer","doi":"10.1177/02654075231196277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231196277","url":null,"abstract":"In three studies, we examined the contribution of parents’ attachment anxiety to preoccupation with their child’s social functioning and the moderating role of social rejection and acceptance. In Study 1 ( N = 191), we assessed parents’ attachment anxiety, retrospective accounts of peer rejection at school, and obsession regarding their child’s social competence. In Study 2 ( N = 186), we asked parents to listen and reflect on a podcast about social rejection or acceptance and examined the effects of these manipulations (vs. a control condition) on parents’ worry about their child’s flaws in the social domain. In Study 3 ( N = 226), we examined the effects of the above manipulations on parents’ tendency to expect and overreact to their child’s peer rejection. Across the three studies, parents’ attachment anxiety was associated with more preoccupation with their child’s social functioning. This association was amplified among parents who reported more frequent episodes of peer rejection at school and among those who listened to a podcast about social rejection. In contrast, a podcast about social acceptance buffered the link between parents’ attachment anxiety and preoccupation with their child’s social functioning.","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49600434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Felt respect in political discussions with contrary-minded others","authors":"Adrian Rothers, J. Cohrs","doi":"10.1177/02654075231195531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231195531","url":null,"abstract":"What makes people feel respected or disrespected in political discussions with contrary-minded others? In two survey studies, participants recalled a situation in which they had engaged in a discussion about a political topic. In Study 1 ( n = 126), we used qualitative methods to document a wide array of behaviors and expressions that made people feel (dis)respected in such discussions, and derived a list of nine motives that may have underlain their significance for (dis)respect judgments. Study 2 ( n = 523) used network analysis tools to explore how the satisfaction of these candidate motives is associated with felt respect. On the whole, respect was associated with the satisfaction or frustration of motives for esteem, fairness, autonomy, relatedness, and knowledge. In addition, the pattern of associations differed for participants who reported on a discussion with a stranger versus with someone they knew well, suggesting that the meaning of respect is best understood within the respective interaction context. We discuss pathways towards theoretical accounts of respect that are both broadly applicable and situationally specific.","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48859128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stephen T. Fife, Jacob D. Gossner, Alex C. Theobald, E. Allen, Ariana Rivero, Heather Koehl
{"title":"Couple healing from infidelity: A grounded theory study","authors":"Stephen T. Fife, Jacob D. Gossner, Alex C. Theobald, E. Allen, Ariana Rivero, Heather Koehl","doi":"10.1177/02654075231177874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231177874","url":null,"abstract":"Infidelity is a common experience in committed relationships that can lead to significant distress for both partners. While many couples end their relationship following infidelity, a significant portion choose to stay together and attempt reconciliation. In our study, we employed constructivist grounded theory to study the process of healing from infidelity for couples who stay together. Our sample consisted of 16 heterosexual couples who experienced sexual infidelity, chose to stay together, and self-identified as having experienced meaningful healing. Couples had an average age of 27 (range = 19– 46), approximate mean length of relationship at infidelity of 3 years (median = 2 years), and approximate mean time since infidelity of 50 months (median = 24 months). We organize our results into a process model of healing that includes four stages: the revelation of the infidelity, initial reactions, stabilizing the relationship, and revitalizing the relationship. The grounded theory suggests there is a developmental progression of healing as couples jointly work to re-establish their relationship. This process includes assessing the damage, affirming commitment, establishing accountability, seeking reconnection, communicating deeply, re-establishing trust, and moving from initial to deeper forgiveness. Our results also suggest that couples’ shared history, sociocultural factors, and receipt of formal and informal support shaped how they experienced the infidelity and engaged in healing. We discuss key clinical implications of the grounded theory, especially related to the role therapy can play in facilitating healing, the importance of open communication and processing emotions, deepening forgiveness, and the reciprocal process of restoring trust.","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44784100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexis Audigier, S. Glass, Erica B. Slotter, Elizabeth J. Pantesco
{"title":"Tired, angry, and unhappy with us: Poor sleep quality predicts increased anger and worsened perceptions of relationship quality","authors":"Alexis Audigier, S. Glass, Erica B. Slotter, Elizabeth J. Pantesco","doi":"10.1177/02654075231193449","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231193449","url":null,"abstract":"Existing research demonstrates that poor sleep is associated with lower perceptions of relationship quality. Poor sleep also predicts more intense experiences of negative affect, anger in particular. Greater anger is also tied to worse relationship outcomes. The current research explored the interplay among these factors across three studies: one correlational, one longitudinal, and one quasi-experiment (Total N = 695). We hypothesized that poorer sleep quality would predict worsened perceived relationship quality and increased anger. We also hypothesized that increased anger would account for the association between poorer sleep and reduced perceived relationship quality. Our hypotheses were supported.","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47319543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Luijk, A. Bülow, S. Boele, Amaranta D. de Haan, J. van der Kaap-Deeder, L. Keijsers
{"title":"Overparenting in adolescents’ everyday life: Development and validation of the momentary overparenting scale","authors":"M. Luijk, A. Bülow, S. Boele, Amaranta D. de Haan, J. van der Kaap-Deeder, L. Keijsers","doi":"10.1177/02654075231192382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231192382","url":null,"abstract":"Background. While there is ample theoretical and empirical interest in overparenting, little is known about how overparenting of adolescents operates in everyday family life. This study describes the development and validation of a novel instrument to assess overparenting with Experience Sampling Methods – The Momentary Overparenting (MOP) scale. Methods. Following 143 (Belgian and Dutch) adolescents for 7 subsequent days, we measured overparenting (i.e., worry, interference, and unnecessary help), autonomy support and psychological control 5 to 6 times per day. Using multilevel structural equation modeling on 1865 parent-adolescent interactions, we investigated the scale’s psychometric properties: within-family and between-family reliability, convergent and divergent validity. Results. Overparenting was characterized by both stable differences between families (46%), as well as dynamic fluctuations within families over time (54% of the variance). The MOP could reliably assess such real-time dynamics in overparenting. Momentary assessments correlated meaningfully with established instruments for overparenting at the between-family level. Within families, adolescents experienced interactions with more overparenting as more psychologically controlling and less autonomy supportive. Between families, overparenting correlated negatively with mothers’ autonomy support and positively with mothers’ psychological control. Conclusion. Worry, interference, and unnecessary help may be important expressions of overparenting in everyday family life – which can now be reliably measured from moment-to-moment as a distinct parenting construct.","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42034983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“I hate all the children, especially mine”: Applying relational dialectics theory to examine the experiences of formerly childfree regretful parents","authors":"E. Hintz, Kristina M. Scharp","doi":"10.1177/02654075231194363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231194363","url":null,"abstract":"Guided by relational dialectics theory (RDT), we analyzed 85 first-person testimonials of parental regret written by users of the /r/childfree subreddit. We interrogated how competing discourses animate what it means to be a parent (our semantic object). Contrapuntal analysis revealed dominant and marginalized Discourses of Parenting as Heaven (DPHN) and Parenting as Hell on Earth (DPHL), respectively, as well as a third Discourse of Parenting as (the Only) Choice (DPOC). We identified three kinds of dialogically contractive practices including a new form we call fear of missing out (FOMO), two forms of diachronic separation, four forms of synchronic interplay including a new form we introduce (i.e., allying) that is useful when more than two discourses compete, and one form of dialogic transformation. We argue that FOMO serves as a catalyst for diachronic separation. We offer practical implications for fencesitters (those “on the fence” about having children), counselors, and policymakers.","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47587377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Parent emotion regulation and parenting self-efficacy: The moderating role of coparenting","authors":"J. R. Calabrese, S. Schoppe-Sullivan","doi":"10.1177/02654075231189464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231189464","url":null,"abstract":"Successful parenting involves high parenting self-efficacy (PSE)—one’s belief in their ability to parent successfully—and strong parent emotion regulation (ER)—the capacity to evaluate and modify one’s emotional reactions. Additionally, a cooperative, well-coordinated coparenting relationship is an important source of support for parents. This study examined the associations of parent ER with PSE and considered the moderating role of coparenting. Ninety-nine different-sex couples with school-age children participated. Parents completed survey measures of ER, PSE, and coparenting, as well as an observed coparenting task with their seven-year-old children. Actor-Partner Interdependence Models were used to examine relations between parent ER and PSE moderated by coparenting quality. Among mothers, perceived coparenting moderated the associations of both cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression with PSE, with the PSE of mothers perceiving lower-quality coparenting relationships benefitting the most from cognitive reappraisal and the PSE of mothers perceiving higher-quality coparenting relationships suffering the most from expressive suppression. Among fathers, observed coparenting moderated the relation between ER strategy and PSE. Expressive suppression was negatively associated with fathers’ PSE when observed coparenting quality was lower, while cognitive reappraisal was positively associated with fathers’ PSE when coparenting quality was higher. The present study contributes to the growing body of research on the associations of parent ER with parental functioning.","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46587308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adolescent Exposure to Racially and Ethnically Diverse Neighborhoods and Schools: Implications for Interracial Dating, Cohabitation, and Marriage in Emerging and Young Adulthood","authors":"Xing Zhang","doi":"10.1177/02654075231193451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231193451","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Interracial romantic relationships and unions are a marker of social distance between racial and ethnic groups, but the role of geographic context at schools and neighborhoods during adolescence in shaping interracial romantic relationship formation in the transition to adulthood has been underexplored, which is important for understanding how intergroup contact in the school and neighborhood contexts during adolescence may have subsequent consequences for interracial union formation later in emerging and young adulthood. Methods: Using data from Waves I, III, and IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, this study examines the roles of exposure to racial and ethnic diversity in schools and geographic regions in adolescence in shaping the likelihood of being in an interracial romantic relationship in emerging and young adulthood. Results: Adolescents who lived in a Census tract that had fewer of their own racial and ethnic groups were significantly more likely to be in interracial romantic relationships in emerging and in young adulthood. Adolescents who attended more racially and ethnically diverse high schools were also more likely to be in interracial romantic relationships in emerging adulthood. In young adulthood, Hispanic adolescents who went to primarily White high schools were more likely to be in interracial romantic relationships in emerging adulthood and young adulthood. Conclusions: Exposure to racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods and schools is associated with an increased likelihood of interracial union formation in emerging and young adulthood.","PeriodicalId":48288,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social and Personal Relationships","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49485285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}