Selcuk Emre, Gunaydin Gul, Ong Anthony D, Almeida David M
Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Bilkent University, Turkey.
J Marriage Fam. 2016 Apr;78(2):311-325. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12272. Epub 2015 Dec 17.
Motivated by attachment theory and recent conceptualizations of perceived partner responsiveness as a core feature of close relationships, the present study examined change in hedonic and eudaimonic well-being over a decade in a sample of more than 2,000 married adults across the United States. Longitudinal analyses revealed that perceived partner responsiveness- the extent to which individuals believe that their partner cares for, appreciates, and understands them-predicted increases in eudaimonic well-being a decade later. These results remained after controlling for initial hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, age, gender, extraversion, neuroticism, and perceived responsiveness of family and friends. Affective reactivity, measured via an 8-day diary protocol in a subset of the sample, partially mediated this longitudinal association. After controlling for covariates, perceived partner responsiveness did not prospectively predict hedonic well-being. These findings are the first to document the long-term benefits of perceived partner responsiveness on eudaimonic well-being.
受依恋理论以及将感知到的伴侣回应性视为亲密关系核心特征的近期概念化观点的推动，本研究调查了美国2000多名已婚成年人样本在十年间享乐幸福和心理幸福的变化。纵向分析表明，感知到的伴侣回应性——即个体认为其伴侣关心、欣赏并理解他们的程度——预测了十年后心理幸福的增加。在控制了初始享乐幸福和心理幸福、年龄、性别、外向性、神经质以及家人和朋友的感知回应性之后，这些结果依然成立。通过对样本中的一个子集采用为期8天的日记记录法测量的情感反应，部分介导了这种纵向关联。在控制协变量之后，感知到的伴侣回应性并不能前瞻性地预测享乐幸福。这些发现首次证明了感知到的伴侣回应性对心理幸福的长期益处。
