We-ness Questionnaire: Development and Validation

Topcu-Uzer, Cigdem; Randall, Ashley K.; Vedes, Ana; Reid, David; Bodenmann, Guy

doi:10.1080/15332691.2020.1805082

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“…Some authors point out the importance of a shared perspective as opposed to the pursuit of competing individual interests in terms of long-term satisfaction (e.g., Alea et al, 2015;Topcu-Uzer et al, 2021). Skerrett and Fergus (2015) refers to this shared perspective as we-ness, that is, a third identity shared by the two partners, which is expressed from time to time by symbolic actions mutually done and received as gestures of love rather than costly individual sacrifices.…”

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Sex differences in predictors of relationship satisfaction: The effects of dyadic coping, love, sexual motivation and having children

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The present study explored sex differences in the predictors of relationship satisfaction (dyadic coping, love, sexual motivation, having children). A total of 465 Hungarian participants (319 women and 146 men) with a mean age of 33.6 years completed an online test battery comprising four self-report measures. The results revealed that women’s relationship satisfaction had more significant predictors than men’s, and half of the common predictors showed significant sex differences. Men’s satisfaction was positively predicted by the Intimacy and Passion components of love, while it was negatively predicted by Negative Dyadic Coping and by having at least one child. Besides Intimacy and Passion, two common predictors across sexes, women’s satisfaction was also positively predicted by the Commitment component of love, and also by successful coping with dyadic stress. By contrast, negative predictors were having sex as a means of coping with emotional problems (Sex as Coping), the individual aspect of dyadic coping (One’s Own Dyadic Coping), and Negative Dyadic coping. The findings are discussed in both bio-psychological and social constructionist approaches.

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“…As we‐talk is an observed verbal indicator that may be related to different latent, unobservable psychological constructs, future studies should also use in parallel self‐report questionnaires measuring the expansion of the self (e.g., inclusion of other in the self‐scale; Helgeson, & Van Vleet, 2019), communal coping (for a review, see Helgeson et al, 2018) and interdependence, in order to examine how these constructs correlate and overlap. Notably, a self‐report questionnaire of we‐ness was recently developed (Topcu‐Uzer et al, 2020), such that future work should examine how we‐talk and scores on this questionnaire correlate. Another important moderator to assess in future studies is the emotional valence of the marital discussion during which we‐talk is measured, as spouses' display of we‐ness might have different effects in the context of a marital conflict compared to a more positive marital interaction.…”

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“…Spouses' sense of we‐ness has been documented using self‐report measures assessing the extent to which partners see themselves as a couple rather than as individuals (Aron et al, 1992; Topcu‐Uzer, Randall, Vedes, Reid, & Bodenmann, 2020), as well as different interview coding procedures (Buehlman et al, 1992; Carrere et al, 2000). In contrast with these self‐reported assessment, we‐talk is regarded as an implicit relational process measure because couples are not asked to consciously report on the extent to which they believe that they engage in communal coping or that they include their spouse in their self‐identity, but rather, it is inferred from their verbal behavior.…”

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A longitudinal study of “we‐talk” as a predictor of marital satisfaction

Ouellet‐Courtois

Gravel

Gouin

2022

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We‐talk, the use of first‐person plural pronouns over the use of singular pronouns when describing relationship events, is regarded as a linguistic indicator of marital relationship functioning. A meta‐analysis revealed that we‐talk is positively associated with relationship satisfaction. However, this literature is based mostly on cross‐sectional studies. This study tested the hypothesis that we‐talk would be associated with greater marital satisfaction over time. The sample comprised 77 couples enrolled in a longitudinal study of parents of preschool‐aged children. We‐talk was assessed at baseline during a marital discussion task about parenting challenges. Couples completed a measure of marital satisfaction at baseline, 6‐ and 12‐month follow‐ups. An actor–partner interdependence model examined the effects of spouses' we‐talk on their own marital satisfaction (actor effects), and their partners' marital satisfaction (partner effects). Results indicated a positive partner effect of we‐talk at baseline, but not over time. Moreover, there was an actor effect of we‐talk on changes in marital satisfaction over time, whereby low actor we‐talk was associated with a reduction in marital satisfaction, but high actor we‐talk was not associated with such a decrease. These findings suggest that greater cognitive interdependence, as indicated by we‐talk, may protect from declines in marital satisfaction over time.

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“…Shared narratives partners may create when effectively coping against a shared stressor, in fact, can bring them together and make them feel like a good team. Indeed, some research has found a positive association between dyadic coping and partners' feelings of we‐ness (Topcu‐Uzer et al, 2021). The protective role of dyadic coping on the link between internal stress and couple identity, however, has not yet been empirically evaluated.…”

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Partners' internal stress and well‐being: The role of dyadic coping and problem resolution

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Pagani

Rosta‐Filep

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Couples' experiences of daily stress can be detrimental for partners' individual and relational well‐being, specifically their identity as a couple, their relational satisfaction, and their life satisfaction. Grounded in the Systemic Transactional Model, this study aimed at analyzing factors that may safeguard partners and their relationship from detrimental effects of internal stress (i.e., stress that originates inside the relationship). We examined the buffering effect of partners' positive dyadic coping and internal problem resolution. Daily diary data were collected across 7 days from 82 heterosexual couples. Multilevel dyadic analyses showed that internal stress was negatively associated with partners' individual and relational well‐being. Positive dyadic coping moderated the association between partners' internal stress and couple satisfaction for both partners, but not life satisfaction and couple identity. Moreover, for partners who reported a resolution to the internal problem, the negative associations of internal stress with life satisfaction, couple satisfaction, and couple identity were significantly lower than for those who did not resolve the internal problem. This study confirms the negative role of internal stress on well‐being, shows the associations between internal stress and couple identity, and highlights the protective role of dyadic coping and internal problem resolution in couples' daily lives.

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We-ness Questionnaire: Development and Validation

Cited by 15 publications

References 32 publications

Sex differences in predictors of relationship satisfaction: The effects of dyadic coping, love, sexual motivation and having children

Sex differences in predictors of relationship satisfaction: The effects of dyadic coping, love, sexual motivation and having children

A longitudinal study of “we‐talk” as a predictor of marital satisfaction

Partners' internal stress and well‐being: The role of dyadic coping and problem resolution

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