Perceived Partner Responsiveness Mediates the Association Between Social Anxiety and Relationship Satisfaction in Committed Couples

Bar‐Kalifa, Eran; Hen-Weissberg, Adi; Rafaeli, Eshkol

doi:10.1521/jscp.2015.34.7.587

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“…Romantic intimacy is one of the strongest positive predictors of physical health (e.g., lower illness rates, better recovery rates etc. ; Hook et al, 2003 ), psychological well-being (e.g., lower risk for depression, higher levels of life satisfaction; Hook et al, 2003 ), and couple satisfaction (Dandurand and Lafontaine, 2013 ; Bar-Kalifa et al, 2015 ). The Interpersonal Process Model of Intimacy (Reis and Shaver, 1988 ) indicates that intimacy is built through two fundamental processes: self-disclosure and empathic response from the partner.…”

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“…When people feel that their partners are more responsive, they believe their relationship is more intimate and that it offers more satisfaction (Laurenceau et al, 1998 ; Canevello and Crocker, 2010 ). It has been shown that PPR can mediate or moderate the relationship between various behaviors or traits (e.g., sexual behavior, attachment, or social anxiety) and couple satisfaction (Kane et al, 2007 ; Bar-Kalifa et al, 2015 ; Gadassi et al, 2016 ), and that it can influence variables such as investment, alternatives, or commitment for the relationship (Segal and Fraley, 2016 ). Moreover, the temporal link between PPR and couple satisfaction was previously validated in multiple studies that employed longitudinal or dyadic diary analysis (Bar-Kalifa et al, 2015 ; Gadassi et al, 2016 ; Segal and Fraley, 2016 ).…”

Section: Perceived Partner Responsiveness Self-disclosure and Couple Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, with evidence coming from both cross-sectional (Kane et al, 2007 ; Unger et al, 2015 ) and daily diary studies (Bar-Kalifa et al, 2015 ; Gadassi et al, 2016 ; Segal and Fraley, 2016 ), we consider that both the person-level and day-level effects should be taken into account. We consider that having a relationship characterized by positive and intimacy-promoting behaviors such as PPR, self-disclosure, and perceived partner self-disclosure (in general and on a day-to-day basis) would buffer the negative effects of SRE on relational satisfaction.…”

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“…However, no study, to our knowledge, explored whether these relationships are influenced by other variables. For example, previous studies have shown that the expression of needs and the partner's responsiveness to those needs shape couple satisfaction (Bar-Kalifa et al, 2015 ; Unger et al, 2015 ). For this reason, the main goal of this study was to explore the moderating role of self-disclosure, perceived partner disclosure, and perceived partner responsiveness (PPR) in the relationship between sense of relational entitlement (SRE) and couple satisfaction.…”

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The Role of Relational Entitlement, Self-Disclosure and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Predicting Couple Satisfaction: A Daily-Diary Study

Candel

Turliuc

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Recent research has investigated how the sense of relational entitlement (SRE, the extent to which a person expects that his/her needs and wishes will be fulfilled by the romantic partner) diminishes couple satisfaction, but little is known about how SRE affects the daily quality of close, romantic relationships. Moreover, the evidence on how SRE interacts with other features of a satisfying relationship (such as the variables of the interpersonal process model of relationships—self-disclosure, perceived partner disclosure, and perceived partner responsiveness) is scarce. Using an electronic daily diary, we examined 99 couples (198 participants) for 7 days, with two daily measurements for each partner. We used a dyadic double intercept multilevel model, which simultaneously computes effects for men and women. We tested a model where one partner's daily couple satisfaction was predicted by their overall levels of SRE (excessive, restricted, and assertive) and by their daily and overall levels of self-disclosure, perceived partner self-disclosure, and perceived partner responsiveness. The model also included person-level interactions and cross-level interactions between the SRE types and variables of the interpersonal process model of relationships for each gender. The analysis indicated that person-level excessive SRE lowers couple satisfaction. Also, day and person-level perceived partner responsiveness and person-level self-disclosure are related to couple satisfaction, but the latter association is significant only for men. Finally, we found some significant person-level interactions that account for changes in couple satisfaction. For men, the links between couple satisfaction, excessive and restricted SRE were moderated by self-disclosure and perceived partner responsiveness, respectively, perceived partner self-disclosure and perceived partner responsiveness. For women, the associations between couple satisfaction, restricted and assertive SRE were moderated by self-disclosure, respectively, perceived partner self-disclosure. This study advances our understanding of the general implications of SRE in the dynamics of couple relationships. More specifically, it shows how SRE interacts with other couple-specific variables in shaping day-to-day couple satisfaction. The theoretical and clinical implications for couple therapy are discussed.

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2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…The final, particularly critical, component of the intimacy process is the discloser's perception of their interaction partner's responsiveness as demonstrating understanding, validation, and caring (Reis, 2007;Reis et al, 2000. While the quality of the disclosure itself is a factor in the perception of responsiveness (Canevello & Crocker, 2010), multiple dispositional variables bias perceptions of responsiveness, including social anxiety (Bar-Kalifa et al, 2015) and low self-esteem (Murray et al, 2000). When multiple elements of the IPM are measured, perceived responsiveness reliably emerges as the strongest predictor of intimacy across multiple relationship types (Debrot et al, 2012;Gadassi et al, 2016;Laurenceau et al, 1998Laurenceau et al, , 2005Reis et al, 2008;Shelton et al, 2010).…”

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Fear-of-intimacy in the interpersonal process model: An investigation in two parts

Manbeck

Kanter

Kuczynski

et al. 2020

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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The interpersonal process model (IPM) suggests that closeness develops in relationships when two people reciprocally engage in vulnerable self-disclosure, respond to each other, and perceive each other’s responses as validating, understanding, and caring (responsive). Little is known about how fear-of-intimacy relates to this foundational intimacy process. We conducted two studies of fear-of-intimacy and the IPM. In Study 1, 146 high fear-of-intimacy participants were randomly assigned to either interact for 1 hr with a research assistant (RA) demonstrating high responsiveness, to interact for 1 hr with an RA displaying low responsiveness, or to view a nature video for 1 hr. Unlike previous experiments with undergraduates documenting that high responsiveness predicts closeness up to 2 weeks after the interaction, the current study with high fear-of-intimacy individuals found that high responsiveness predicted closeness immediately after the interaction but this was not sustained over time. In Study 2, we conducted structural modeling in a diverse sample of 216 survey respondents with a range of fear-of-intimacy scores. Consistent with previous studies, perceived responsiveness strongly predicted closeness. Fear-of-intimacy had negative direct effects on vulnerable self-disclosure and perceived responsiveness but a positive direct effect on closeness.

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Social anxiety and phubbing: The mediating role of problematic social networking and the moderating role of family socioeconomic status

Chu,

Chen,

Litifu

et al. 2023

Psychology in the Schools

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Phubbing harms relationships and reduces well‐being of phubbees. However, limited research has explored the potential causes and underlying mechanisms for phubbing; and an important risk factor, social anxiety, has been largely ignored from previous studies. The present study employed a moderated mediation model to examine whether social anxiety was positively related to phubbing, whether problematic social networking mediated the relationship, and whether the first path of this mediating process was moderated by family socioeconomic status. The data of 1379 undergraduates (Mage = 18.84; SD = 0.94) were collected anonymously to test the model. Findings demonstrated that social anxiety was positively linked to phubbing, problematic social networking mediated the linkage, and family socioeconomic status played a moderating role in the first stage. Specifically, the indirect association between social anxiety and phubbing via problematic social networking was stronger for undergraduates with lower family socioeconomic status. Results provide a new perspective for understanding phubbing and highlight the significance of uncovering the underlying mechanisms.

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Perceived Partner Responsiveness Mediates the Association Between Social Anxiety and Relationship Satisfaction in Committed Couples

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References 68 publications

The Role of Relational Entitlement, Self-Disclosure and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Predicting Couple Satisfaction: A Daily-Diary Study

The Role of Relational Entitlement, Self-Disclosure and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Predicting Couple Satisfaction: A Daily-Diary Study

Fear-of-intimacy in the interpersonal process model: An investigation in two parts

Social anxiety and phubbing: The mediating role of problematic social networking and the moderating role of family socioeconomic status

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