Morry, Marian M., Reich, Tara C. and Kito, Mie (2010) How do I see you relative to myself?: relationship quality as a predictor of self- and partner-enhancement within cross-sex friendships, dating relationships, and marriages. Journal of Social Psychology, 150 (4). pp. 369-392. ISSN 0022-4545
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Individuals tend to rate themselves more positively than strangers or acquaintances—a self-enhancement effect. But such self-enhancement is potentially detrimental to one's intimate relationships. We hypothesized that higher relationship quality would predict (1) partner-enhancement (i.e., rating the partner more positively than the self) and (2) higher feelings of being understood and validated (FUV). In addition, (3) partner-enhancement would add to relationship quality's prediction of FUV. These hypotheses were tested among cross-sex friendships (N = 92) and dating relationships (N = 90) in University students and in a married, non-University sample (N = 94). All hypotheses were supported in romantic relationships. For cross-sex friendships, regardless of relationship quality, individuals partner-enhanced on the negative traits but neither self- nor partner-enhanced on the positive traits. Finally, relationship quality predicted partner-perceptions more strongly than self-perceptions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00224545.as... |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 Taylor & Francis |
| Divisions: | Management |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2011 10:58 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2024 18:54 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/37666 |
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