Couple similarity in empathic accuracy and relationship well-being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2929665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liesbet Berlamont (0000-0002-8638-7597, Ghent University, corresponding author), Eva Ceulemans (0000-0002-7611-4683, KU Leuven), Christian Carlier (0000-0003-4985-6240, KU Leuven), L L Verhofstadt (0000-0003-2767-5422, Ghent University Hospital), Lesley Verhofstadt (Ghent University), William Ickes (University of Texas at Arlington, USA), Céline Hinnekens (0000-0001-8728-3258, Ghent University), Luc Sels (0000-0002-3485-9599, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1301-1323 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1177/02654075231206412 |
| OpenAlex | W4389454328 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 46 |
Are intimate partners similar in how accurately they infer each other's feelings and thoughts, and if so, does this similarity predict their relationship well-being? To answer this question, we analyzed data from two laboratory-based studies ( n = 155 and n = 172 couples) in which couples participated in a conflict interaction task and afterwards reported on their own feelings and thoughts and inferred those of their partner. Relationship well-being was measured on both a global (i.e., relationship satisfaction) and a situational level (i.e., post-interaction closeness and satisfaction with the outcome of the interaction). We found that intimate partners were more similar in their empathic accuracy than randomly-paired individuals. This similarity predicted the extent to which partners reported that the conflict interaction had led to a positive outcome for their relationship, but was not associated with partners' global relationship satisfaction or their post-interaction closeness
Closeness · Feeling · Interpersonal interaction · Partner effects · Positive relationship · Similarity (geometry · Situational ethics · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Computer Science · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |