Perceived Similarity and Understanding in Married Couples
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2918652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James White (0000-0001-8371-8453, corresponding author), James Matthew White (0000-0002-4549-9381, University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 45-57 |
| Publication date | 1985-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0265407585021003 |
| OpenAlex | W2148302454 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 16 |
The propositional review of research on marital quality by Lewis & Spanier (1979) and the theoretical perspectives on close relationships of phenomenology, communication and consistency theory, suggest the hypothesis that the similarity perceived by a spouse is directly related to that spouse's understanding of his or her partner. The results of this study do not appear to confirm this suggestion. When global perception scores are divided by the importance of the issue in the relationship, it appears that issue salience is implicated in a couple's perceptual accuracy. In general, husband's perceived similarity is consistently closer to the actual level of dyadic agreement than is the wife's perceived similarity. Wife's understanding of her spouse is consistently more accurate than is husband's understanding. Only on low salience items is the wife's perceived similarity as accurate as the husband
Cognitive psychology · Consistency (knowledge bases · Perception · Salience (neuroscience · Similarity (geometry · Spouse · Wife · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology
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The importance of similarity and understanding of partners' marital ideals to relationship satisfaction
Gender in Families
Does similarity matter? A scoping review of perceived and actual similarity in romantic couples
Perceptual Accuracy in the Balance
Research into Relationship Research Designs
Levels of Perspectives and the Perception of Intimacy in Cross-Sex Friendships
Perceptions of Conflict in the First Year of Marriage
Perceived Similarity and Understanding in Married Couples
The acquaintance process.
The social construction of reality
The psychology of interpersonal relations.
Interpersonal Perceptions and Marital Adjustment
Dyadic systems analysis
Correlational and Discrepancy Indices of Understanding and Their Relation to Marital Satisfaction
Response Consistency of Husband and Wife for Selected Attitudinal Items
Balance in Small Groups
Toward a Sociological Model of Consensus
Marriage and the Construction of Reality
Interpersonal perception
Perceived Similarity and Understanding in Married Couples
Demographic Homogeneity and Spousal Consensus
System and Subsystem Perception of Family Roles
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 2026 (42) |
| Highly cited | No |