scholarly journals Exploring how exchange orientation affects conflict and intimacy in the daily life of romantic couples

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoshana N Jarvis ◽  
M. Joy McClure ◽  
Niall Bolger
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Close Monitoring ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Romantic Couples ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
Exchange Orientation

We test the hypothesis that partners’ tendency to “keep score” in a relationship–as reflected in their exchange orientation–will moderate the effect of daily conflicts on their relationship evaluations. Cohabitating romantic partners (N = 82 couples) participated in a 28-day daily diary study. Partners higher in exchange orientation showed lower intimacy with their partner on days with conflict compared to days without conflict; the effect was attenuated for partners lower in exchange orientation. This result held even while adjusting for daily negative affect. We conclude that close monitoring of costs and benefits in a relationship, a characteristic of partners with high exchange orientation, may lead partners to overreact to simple daily conflicts, to the detriment of relationship evaluations.

scholarly journals Exploring how exchange orientation affects conflict and intimacy in the daily life of romantic couples

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 3575-3587
Author(s):  
Shoshana N. Jarvis ◽  
M. Joy McClure ◽  
Niall Bolger
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Close Monitoring ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Romantic Couples ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
Exchange Orientation

We test the hypothesis that partners’ tendency to “keep score” in a relationship—as reflected in their exchange orientation—will moderate the effect of daily conflicts on their relationship evaluations. Cohabitating romantic partners ( N = 82 couples) participated in a 28-day daily diary study. Partners higher in exchange orientation showed lower intimacy with their partner on days with conflict compared to days without conflict; the effect was attenuated for partners lower in exchange orientation. This result held even while adjusting for daily negative affect. We conclude that close monitoring of costs and benefits in a relationship, a characteristic of partners with high exchange orientation, may lead partners to overreact to simple daily conflicts, to the detriment of relationship evaluations.

Stability and Fluctuation of Personality Disorder Features in Daily Life

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aidan G.C. Wright ◽  
Leonard Simms
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Personality Pathology ◽  
Dynamic Processes ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
Symptom Exacerbation ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Over Time

Very little is known about the daily stability and fluctuation of personality pathology. To address this gap in knowledge, we investigated the naturalistic manifestation of personality pathology over the course of 100 days. A group of individuals (N=101) diagnosed with any personality disorder (PD) completed a daily diary study over 100 consecutive days (Mdn = 94 days, Range = 33-101 days). Participants completed daily ratings of 30 manifestations of personality pathology. Patterns of stability and variability over the course of the study were then examined. Results indicated that individual PD manifestations and domains of PD manifestations were variable across days and differed widely in their frequency. Additionally, individual averages and level of variability in PD domains were highly stable across months, individual averages of PD domains were predicted by baseline dispositional ratings of PD traits with a high degree of specificity, and daily variability PD domains was associated with elevated levels of PD traits. This pattern of findings suggests that dynamic processes of symptom exacerbation and diminution that are stable in mean level and variability in expression over time characterizes personality pathology. Further, dispositional ratings are significant predictors of average daily expression of PD features.

scholarly journals Situation perception mediates the link between narcissism and relationship satisfaction: Evidence from a daily diary study in romantic couples

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Rentzsch ◽  
Larissa Lucia Wieczorek ◽  
Tanja M. Gerlach
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Grandiose Narcissism ◽  
Romantic Couples ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Research has shown that diverging romantic relationship outcomes of grandiose narcissism can be explained by differential associations of agentic and antagonistic aspects of narcissism. In this study, we wanted to further investigate the underlying mechanisms by examining how narcissists perceive daily situations with their partner. In an online diary, 171 couples reported on 1941 daily situations experienced together. Analyses revealed that agentic narcissism was positively and antagonistic narcissism was negatively related to daily relationship satisfaction. These effects were differentially linked through distinct situation perceptions: Agentic narcissism was positively linked with relationship satisfaction through perceiving daily situations as, for example, containing more romance, sexuality and love, while antagonistic narcissism was negatively linked with relationship satisfaction through perceiving, for example, more threat, criticism, and accusation. Results are discussed in light of the NARC model and with respect to person-situation transactions in romantic relationships.

Manifestations of clinical depression in daily life: a daily diary study of descriptions of naturally occurring events

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1664-1675
Author(s):  
Izabela Krejtz ◽  
Natalia Rohnka ◽  
Paweł Holas ◽  
Marzena Rusanowska ◽  
John B. Nezlek
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Clinical Depression ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Daily Diary Study ◽  
Naturally Occurring

scholarly journals Feeling Gratitude is Associated with Better Well-being across the Life Span: A Daily Diary Study during the COVID-19 Outbreak

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da Jiang
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Daily Diary Study

Abstract Objectives Numerous studies have shown that gratitude can improve mental health of people facing stressful events. However, most studies in this area have been based on laboratory experiments and retrospective surveys, rather than actual situations in which people are experiencing stress. Moreover, few studies have examined whether age moderates the benefits of gratitude. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused enormous psychological distress worldwide. Evidence-based strategies are needed to enhance well-being during this stressful time. This study attempted to fill these gaps by examining the benefits of feeling gratitude every day during the COVID-19 outbreak. Method A sample of 231 participants from mainland China aged 18 to 85 years participated in a 14-day daily diary study. After a pretest to collect demographic data, information on gratitude, daily positive and negative affect, perceived stress related to COVID-19, and subjective health were measured using daily questionnaires on 14 consecutive days. One month after the daily diary period, information on affective experiences, life satisfaction, and subjective health was collected as a follow-up survey. Results On days when individuals feel more gratitude than usual, they report more positive affect, a lower level of perceived stress related to COVID-19, and better subjective health on the concurrent day (Day N). Individuals also report a lower level of stress related to COVID-19 on the following day (Day N+1), when they feel more gratitude than usual on Day N. Higher levels of gratitude across the 14-day study period was associated with a higher level of positive affect and a lower level of negative affect, but was not associated with life satisfaction or subjective health at the one-month follow-up assessment. Discussion These findings demonstrate the benefits of gratitude in a naturalistic situation that induced stress and anxiety.

Does the Fear of Missing Out Moderate the Relationship Between Social Networking Use and Affect? A Daily Diary Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 003329412110404
Author(s):  
Benjamin C. Riordan ◽  
Taylor Winter ◽  
Jayde A. M. Flett ◽  
Andre Mason ◽  
Damian Scarf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Bayesian Regression ◽  
Social Networking Site ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Daily Diary Study

Social networking site (SNS) use is common and speculation about the negative impact of SNS use on mental health and psychological well-being is a recurring theme in scientific debates. The evidence for this link, however, is inconclusive. The Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) may assist in understanding the mixed evidence, as individuals who experience FoMO are more driven to keep up with what is happening to avoid missing out. We used a 2-week daily diary study of 408 university students to measure the daily associations between SNS use and negative and positive affect and whether FoMO moderated these associations. Multi-level Bayesian regression analyses revealed that 1) greater SNS use was associated with reductions in successive positive affect, but not increases in negative affect and 2) FoMO moderated the influence of SNS use such that increases in successive negative affect occurred only in those individuals high in trait FoMO.

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