Responsiveness in relationships

Question 1

What are the benfits of responsiveness?

Answer 1

Personal outcomes (e.g., health, wellbeing, non-defensiveness, intellectual openness)

Relationship outcomes (e.g., satisfaction, closeness, trust, commitment, prosocial orientation)

One of the strongest predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal studies (Joel et al., 2020)

Question 2

What are the predictors of perceived responsiveness?

Answer 2

Reis & Gable (2015) = Perceived responsiveness may not be accurate bc of perceptions. Which stem from…

Epley (2008) = “ego-centric simulations” = “projection” of how we would react.

Collins & Feene (2004) = Attachment orientation (anxious: hypervigilant to signs of rejection)

Question 3

How are sacrifices a responsive act in daily life?

Answer 3

One partner taking more chores bc the other partner has a huge deadline

Spending time with a partner’s friends when you don’t even like them

Question 4

How well can people detect their partner’s sacrifices?

Answer 4

Visserman et al. (2019) = diary study

Surveyed Ps independently, every end of the day, for several weeks asking if they had made sacrifices for their partner and if their partner made a sacrifice for them.

Only 50% = detected, but there were also ‘false alarms.’

Question 5

What are the effects of detecting a partner’s sacrifice?

Answer 5

Visserman et al. (2019)

Seeing partner’s sacrifices = boosts gratitude

Missed sacrifices = partner feeling under appreciated

Both partners feel less satisfied

Question 6

How does Wood et al. (2010) support how important gratitude is for relationships?

Answer 6

Found feeling grateful benefits people’s health + happiness

Question 7

How does Algoe et al. (2010) + Gordon et al. (2012) support how important gratitude is for relationships?

Answer 7

gratitude benefits the quality + longevity of relationships

Question 8

How does Park et al. (2019) support how important gratitude is for relationships?

Answer 8

Feeling appreciated by partner = softens insecurely attached iddvdl’s relationship satisfaction + commitment

Question 9

How important is responsiveness in maintaining relationships?

Answer 9

Responsiveness = foundation of high-quality relationships

Perceptions of partner responsiveness= subjective

Perceiving daily responsive acts predicts gratitude and satisfaction BUT THERE IS inaccurate detection