McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2012 Dec;38(12):1609-20. doi: 10.1177/0146167212457075. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
Three studies examined the relations of autonomy support and directive support to goal progress over 3 months. Autonomy support was defined in terms of empathic perspective-taking, whereas directive support was defined in terms of the provision of positive guidance. Results from Study 1 revealed that autonomy support between romantic partners was significantly positively related to goal progress over 3 months, and that the beneficial effect of autonomy support was mediated by enhanced autonomous goal motivation. Study 2 involved female friend dyads and extended the goal progress results to include both self-reports and reports by peers. Study 3 showed that autonomy support similarly promoted progress at vicarious goals. Across three studies, autonomy support was also significantly associated with improved relationship quality and subjective well-being. Directive support was marginally associated with better goal progress across the three studies and unrelated to relationship quality or well-being.
三项研究考察了自主支持和指导支持与 3 个月内目标进展的关系。自主支持是根据同理心的视角来定义的，而指导支持则是根据提供积极的指导来定义的。研究 1 的结果表明，浪漫伴侣之间的自主支持与 3 个月内的目标进展呈显著正相关，自主支持的有益效果是通过增强自主目标动机来实现的。研究 2 涉及女性朋友二人组，并将目标进展结果扩展到包括自我报告和同伴报告。研究 3 表明，自主支持同样促进了替代目标的进展。在这三项研究中，自主支持也与改善的关系质量和主观幸福感显著相关。指导支持在这三项研究中与更好的目标进展略有相关，与关系质量或幸福感无关。
