The effects of romantic partners' goal congruence on affective well-being

Judith Gere; Ulrich Schimmack; Rebecca T. Pinkus; Penelope Lockwood

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2011.06.010

The effects of romantic partners' goal congruence on affective well-being

Judith Gere, Ulrich Schimmack, Rebecca T. Pinkus, Penelope Lockwood

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Affective well-being in romantic couples was examined from the perspective of interdependence theory. The independent variables were (a) presence of partner, (b) whether an activity met the actor's goals, and (c) goals of the actor's partner. Dependent variables were feelings of closeness and affective well-being (happiness, sadness, anger, anxiety). We predicted a three-way interaction with the highest affective well-being when partners are together and activities meet both partners' goals. In Study 1, data from 194 married individuals who participated in an experience sampling study supported our predictions. Feelings of closeness partially mediated the effect on affective well-being. Study 2 replicated the findings with 112 participants in dating relationships who recalled specific events and made ratings about goals and affective well-being.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	549-559
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	45
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2011.06.010
Publication status	Published - 2011

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couples
goal (psychology)
well, being

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