Department of Psychology, University of California, 4141 Tolman Hall, Room 5050, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2012 Aug;103(2):257-74. doi: 10.1037/a0028723. Epub 2012 May 28.
This multimethod series of studies merges the literatures on gratitude and risk regulation to test a new process model of gratitude and relationship maintenance. We develop a measure of appreciation in relationships and use cross-sectional, daily experience, observational, and longitudinal methods to test our model. Across studies, we show that people who feel more appreciated by their romantic partners report being more appreciative of their partners. In turn, people who are more appreciative of their partners report being more responsive to their partners' needs (Study 1), and are more committed and more likely to remain in their relationships over time (Study 2). Appreciative partners are also rated by outside observers as relatively more responsive and committed during dyadic interactions in the laboratory, and these behavioral displays are one way in which appreciation is transmitted from one partner to the other (Study 3). These findings provide evidence that gratitude is important for the successful maintenance of intimate bonds.
本多方法系列研究融合了感恩和风险调节领域的文献，旨在检验感恩与关系维系的新过程模型。我们开发了一种关系中欣赏的测量方法，并采用横断面、日常经验、观察和纵向方法来检验我们的模型。在各项研究中，我们发现感到伴侣更欣赏自己的人会对伴侣更欣赏。反过来，对伴侣更欣赏的人会对伴侣的需求更有反应（研究 1），并且随着时间的推移，他们会更投入并且更有可能维持他们的关系（研究 2）。在实验室的二元互动中，欣赏的伴侣也会被外部观察者评为相对更有反应和更投入，这些行为表现是欣赏从一个伴侣传递到另一个伴侣的一种方式（研究 3）。这些发现为感恩对亲密关系的成功维系很重要提供了证据。
