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Mood significantly impacts relationship evaluations in couples, influencing both individual perceptions (affect infusion) and partner perceptions (affect diffusion). These effects diminish when the mood

Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Relationship Science
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Past research shows incidental mood influences social judgments.
  • These effects were primarily studied at the individual level.
  • The role of mood in dyadic (two-person) relationship evaluations is less understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and test the Dyadic Affect Infusion/Diffusion (DAID) model.
  • To examine how mood influences relationship evaluations within couples.
  • To investigate the conditions under which mood effects operate in relationships.

Main Methods:

  • Collected 6 weeks of daily diary data from 311 couples.
  • One partner in each couple approached a stressful event.
  • Analyzed mood, relationship evaluations, and attributional information.

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Conclusions:

  • Interpersonal evaluations are fundamentally dyadic phenomena, not solely individual.
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