从挑战和威胁的角度检查浪漫关系中的双向压力评估过程
Brett J Peters1, Nickola C Overall2, Abriana M Gresham1
1Ohio University, Athens, OH USA.
Affective science
|July 25, 2024
概括
将压力视为可管理的挑战,而不是威胁,促进了积极的关系行为,增强了浪漫情侣的安全感和幸福感. 这种方法促进了联系和弹性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 关系科学科学 关系科学
背景情况:
- 生物心理社会模型解释了压力评估,而亲密关系理论则侧重于压力期间的人际关系动态.
- 现有的研究往往将压力视为内在的负面,忽视了它在人际关系中的潜在适应功能.
研究的目的:
- 通过检查个人如何评估浪漫伙伴关系中的压力来整合生物心理社会和亲密关系理论.
- 研究压力评估 (挑战与威胁) 与夫妇的互动行为和关系结果之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自459个浪漫夫妇 (N=918) 的数据,涉及三项涉及实验室压力对话的研究.
- 检查了评估压力作为足够的 (挑战) 或不足的 (威胁) 资源的个体变化.
- 评估了评估,接近/回避行为以及关系安全和幸福感之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 应对挑战的压力评估 (更多的挑战,更少的威胁) 与以方法为导向的行为和更少的回避相关.
- 接近行为与更大的关系安全和互动后的幸福感有关,而回避行为则显示相反.
- 参与者与合作伙伴评估和行为对结果的具体影响在研究中各不相同.
结论:
- 将压力视为可以管理的 (挑战) 促进了适应性关系行为,并增强了关系安全和幸福感.
- 这项研究突出了在亲密关系中的个人内压力评估过程的人际关系意义.
- 这些发现挑战了将压力视为纯粹负面的观点,强调了它在建设性地评估时促进联系的潜力.
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