Katz Jennifer, Joiner Thomas E
Department of Psychology, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY 14623, USA.
J Pers. 2002 Feb;70(1):33-58. doi: 10.1111/1467-6494.00177.
We contend that close relationships provide adults with optimal opportunities for personal growth when relationship partners provide accurate, honest feedback. Accordingly, it was predicted that young adults would experience the relationship quality with relationship partners who evaluated them in a manner consistent their own self-evaluations. Three empirical tests of this self-verification hypothesis as applied to close dyads were conducted. In Study 1, young adults in dating relationships were most intimate with and somewhat more committed to partners when they perceived that partners evaluated them as they evaluated themselves. Self-verification effects were pronounced for those involved in more serious dating relationships. In Study 2, men reported the greatest esteem for same-sex roommates who evaluated them in a self-verifying manner. Results from Study 2 were replicated and extended to both male and female roommate dyads in Study 3. Further, self-verification effects were most pronounced for young adults with high emotional empathy. Results suggest that self-verification theory is useful for understanding dyadic adjustment across a variety of relational contexts in young adulthood. Implications of self-verification processes for adult personal development are outlined within an identity negotiation framework.
我们认为，当亲密关系中的伴侣能提供准确、诚实的反馈时，亲密关系就能为成年人提供个人成长的最佳机会。因此，据预测，年轻人与那些评价方式与他们自己的自我评价一致的伴侣相处时，会体验到更高的关系质量。针对这一自我验证假设在亲密二元组中的应用进行了三项实证检验。在研究1中，处于恋爱关系中的年轻人，当他们认为伴侣对自己的评价与自己对自己的评价一致时，会与伴侣关系最为亲密，且对伴侣的承诺也会更多一些。自我验证效应在那些处于更认真恋爱关系中的人身上表现得更为明显。在研究2中，男性对以自我验证方式评价他们的同性室友评价最高。研究2的结果在研究3中得到了重复，并扩展到了男女室友二元组。此外，自我验证效应在高情感同理心的年轻人身上最为明显。结果表明，自我验证理论有助于理解青年期各种关系背景下的二元组调适。自我验证过程对成人个人发展的影响在身份协商框架内进行了概述。
