scholarly journals Utility of Vocal Synchrony Measure as an Indicator of Coregulation in Adult Attachment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Harma
Keyword(s):  
Granger Causality ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Vocal Cues ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
Behavioral Mimicry ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
The Stranger ◽  
Synchrony Measure

We aimed to explore the concept of coregulation in adulthood based on the analyses of vocal cues in conversations. Moderators which potentially affect vocal coordination between romantic partners were also examined. Twenty- four heterosexual dating couples (Mage = 21.25; SD = 1.03) from Cornell University were recruited for the Study. Participants communicated with their romantic and stranger partner in a balanced order. Their conversations were recorded and vocal features were extracted. Granger-causality analyses yielded that close partner conversations were bidirectional, signifying that female participants’ previous F0 responses caused male participants’ subsequent F0 responses and vice versa. In the stranger partner conversations, however, only female participants’ previous F0 responses caused male participants’ subsequent F0 responses, implying that there was unidirectional association between stranger partners. In sum, findings suggested that coregulation process can be observed at the vocal level using synchronous speech patterns. Implications for attachment-in-the-making between romantic partners and the literature on behavioral mimicry were discussed.

Simple Relationship Quality Measures

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Niehuis
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Age Dating ◽  
Simple Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Single Item ◽  
College Age ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Dating Couples

Issues in applied survey research, including minimizing respondent burden to encourage survey completion and the increasing administration of questionnaires over smartphones, have intensified efforts to create short measures. We conducted two studies to examine the psychometric properties of single-item measures of four close-relationship variables: satisfaction, love, conflict, and commitment. Study 1 was longitudinal, surveying an initial sample of 121 college-age dating couples at three monthly phases. Romantic partners completed single- and multi-item measures of the four constructs, along with other variables, to examine test-retest reliability and convergent (single-item measures with their corresponding multi-item scales), concurrent, and predictive validity. Our single-item measures of satisfaction, love, and commitment exhibited impressive psychometric qualities, but our single-item conflict measure performed somewhat less strongly. Study 2, a cross-sectional online survey (n = 280; mainly through Facebook), showed strong convergent validity of the single-item measures, including a .60 correlation between single- and multi-item conflict measures.

Perceiving Change in Responsiveness From the Relationship Partner’s Behaviors

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 835-845 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin Ming Hui ◽  
Jacky Chi Kit Ng ◽  
Natalie Jane Shieh
Keyword(s):  
State Level ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Interpersonal Behaviors ◽  
Accurate Judgment ◽  
Unresolved Conflict ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined whether, and how, romantic partners can accurately judge each other’s state level of responsiveness during a conflict discussion. Dating couples ( N = 84 pairs) engaged in a 10-min videotaped discussion about an unresolved conflict and then reviewed the recorded discussion. For each 30-s segment of interaction, participants reported their own responsiveness and judged their partner’s responsiveness. Trained coders also coded each participant’s displayed interpersonal behaviors (e.g., smile) and displayed responsiveness within each segment. The results showed that (a) the perceiving partner could somewhat accurately judge the target’s change in responsiveness (as indexed by the target’s self-report and observers’ ratings) during the discussion and (b) some behaviors (e.g., rejection of suggestions) seemed to be linked to agreements between the perceiver and the target in their assessments of responsiveness. The nature of accurate judgment of responsiveness (or the perceiver-target agreement in their assessments) will be discussed.

From Middle Childhood to Adulthood Attachment

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 444-454
Author(s):  
Marshina Juliza Mohd Hasim ◽  
Hasrina Mustafa ◽  
Nor Hazlina Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Romantic Attachment ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Conclusive Evidence ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Stability

Attachment theory argues that attachment styles developed during infancy and childhood will be relatively enduring and continue during adulthood. While research on adult attachment has been mounting in the past, less is known on the enduring effect of attachment styles with mother, father, and their peer or peers during childhood on adult romantic attachment styles. Past research in fact have obtained mixed findings on the stability of attachment styles from childhood to adulthood, especially in the context of Malaysian setting. In order to explore the stability of attachment styles from childhood to adulthood, a survey among 400 married individuals was conducted and partial least squares was employed for data analysis. The application of attachment theory in this study was established via two dimensions of anxiety and avoidance. The result indicated that respondents who exhibited high levels of anxiety and high levels of avoidance with mother, father, and their peers would display the same attachment styles with their romantic partners or spouses during adulthood. The findings provide conclusive evidence on the continuity and stability of attachment styles with stronger and enduring bonds observed for peer-adult attachment.

scholarly journals The Role of Romantic Partners, Family, and Peer Networks in Dating Couples’ Views About Cohabitation

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy D. Manning ◽  
Jessica A. Cohen ◽  
Pamela J. Smock
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Peer Networks ◽  
Dating Couples

Shifting priorities

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 793-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Gere ◽  
Emily A. Impett
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Multilevel Models ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Relationship Commitment ◽  
Goal Conflict ◽  
Goal Adjustment ◽  
Initial Session ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
Over Time

We investigated whether partners in newly developing romantic relationships adjust their goals when they experience conflict with the goals of their partner, and the consequences of goal conflict and goal adjustment. Fifty-nine newly dating couples ( N = 118) reported on their goals at an initial session and again 3 months later. Multilevel models indicated that when people reported higher conflict between a goal and their partner’s goals, they were more likely to stop pursuing as well as to devalue the importance of that particular goal over time. Furthermore, goal devaluing was associated with increases in relationship commitment over time but decreases in women’s relationship satisfaction when their partners devalued conflicting goals. Overall levels of goal conflict were associated with marginal decreases in relationship satisfaction. These results indicate that romantic partners try to adjust their goals to reduce goal conflict even in developing relationships, and that these adjustments have consequences for relationship satisfaction and commitment.

Techno-Romance and Emerging Adulthood

2019 ◽  
pp. 99-134
Author(s):  
Varda Konstam
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Study Participants

This chapter examines the ways in which technology influences the romantic behavior of emerging adults. From meeting new romantic partners to managing existing relationships to breaking up and recovering from breakups, computer-mediated communication (CMC) is entwined with romance. The ways in which CMC can objectify users and overwhelm them with too many choices are examined here. The chapter also examines dating apps as well as technologically influenced behaviors and challenges, such as “technoference” and sexting. The 29 study participants share their thoughts and experiences related to CMC and social networking sites, and how the inevitable presence of technology has affected their romantic lives.

The Principle of Least Interest

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (9) ◽  
pp. 1255-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Sprecher ◽  
Maria Schmeeckle ◽  
Diane Felmlee
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Emotional Involvement ◽  
Longitudinal Sample ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
Retrospective Perceptions ◽  
Over Time

Data from a longitudinal sample of dating couples (some of whom married) were analyzed to test the aspect of Waller’s (1938) principle of least interest that states that unequal emotional involvement between romantic partners has implications for relationship quality and stability. Both members of the couples were asked multiple times over several years which partner, if either, was more emotionally involved. Perceptions of unequal emotional involvement were common and tended to remain stable over time. Less emotionally involved partners perceived themselves as having more control over the continuation of their relationships. Equal emotional involvement was associated with greater relationship satisfaction and stability. Concurrent and retrospective perceptions of relative emotional involvement were associated with several aspects of relationship breakup within the subsample of those who broke up during the study. Perceptions of emotional involvement have many implications for dating couples, including being linked to relationship satisfaction and other outcomes.

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