Interpersona (E-Journal - PsychOpen)
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Internet mediated adolescent relationships
No full textThis paper aims to contribute towards the comprehension of the adhesion of adolescent to digital technologies and their usage in the search for or consolidation of relationships with their peers. The objective was to analyze the role of blogs in the maintenance and establishment of relationships among adolescents from the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Three boys’ blogs and three girls’ blogs were selected, and five pages of each blog were selected, in a total of 30 pages. Categories were elaborated from reading the posts left at the 30 pages and subsequently used to classify and quantify the posts. Messages and comments left at the blogs had a positive affective connotation, in search for approximation and contact with the blog owner. Messages were also noted for gender differences. It was concluded that some determined patterns of offline interaction guided the establishment of online relationships
Shared everyday decisions and constructive communication: Protective factors in long-distance romantic relationships
No full textThis study applied an attachment framework to explore whether shared everyday decisions (SHARED) and constructive communication during conflicts serve as protective factors for relationship quality and stability in a sample of 971 individuals in long-distance relationships (LDRs). The behaviors were found to partially and differentially mediate the association between attachment orientations and relationship outcomes. While SHARED was more strongly linked to commitment than to relationship satisfaction, the reverse was found for constructive communication. Only SHARED was found to predict relationship stability over and above attachment when relationship length was controlled for. The findings suggest that attachment anxiety and avoidance influence relationship quality and stability partly through the two communicative behaviors in LDRs, with especially SHARED emerging as a potent protective factor for positive relationship development in longdistance relationships
Perceptions of Ideal and Former Partners’ Personality and Similarity
No full textThe present study aimed to test predictions based on both the ‗similarity-attraction‘ hypothesis and the ‗attraction-similarity‘ hypothesis, by studying perceptions of ideal and former partners. Based on the ‗similarity-attraction‘ hypothesis, we expected individuals to desire ideal partners who are similar to the self in personality. In addition, based on the ‗attraction-similarity hypothesis‘, we expected individuals to perceiveformer partners as dissimilar to them in terms of personality. Findings showed that, whereas the ideal partner was seen as similar to and more positive than the self, the former partner was seen as dissimilar to and more negative than the self. In addition, our study showed that individuals did not rate similarity in personality as very important when seeking a mate. Our findings may help understand why so many relationships endin divorce due to mismatches in personality
His or Her Parents? Perceived Parental Approval of Romantic Relationships Among College Students and Their Partners
No full textUsing social capital theory, this study of 194 dating couples examined the connection between parents’ approval of the dating relationship (reported by each couple member forhis/her own parents and the partner’s parents) and participants’ relationship distress. The Actor-Partner-Interdependence Model within Structural Equation Modeling served as the data-analytic tool. Results showed that, in support of the theory, relationship approval from strong ties (one’s own parents) and from weak ties (one’s partner’s parents) manifested themselves differently in romantic relationships. Specifically, both men’s and women’sperception of relationship approval from their own parents (strong ties) and from their partner’s parents (weak ties) negatively predicted couple members’ own relationshipdistress. Moreover, path coefficients between men’s and women’s strong ties and their own relationship distress were roughly twice as large as those between men’s and women’sweak ties and their relationship distress. Findings were less clear for the association between perceptions of relationship approval from one’s own and one’s partner’s parents and the dating partners’ relationship distress. The findings are discussed in light of prior research and theory on social capital
Mulheres, estressores no relacionamento interpessoal e seu enfrentamento
No full textWomen are more vulnerable to the stress, and part of the stress situation comes from relationships. It has as participants 12 women in Behavior Therapy (BT). The objective was to describe the rules that govern those women's behavior when they stay a situation-problem daily. The data were (1) coping verbalizations (CV), transcribed of the sessions of BT and (2) answers in the Ways to Confront Problems Scale (WCPS). CV's were considered as rule or no and compared with the answers to WCPS. The therapist's mediations were described in their functions on CV's. The WCPS appeared as frequent the coping focused in the problem (55%). However, more frequent CV's were focused in the emotion (47,1%). The coping of problems relationships for the participants is often focused in the emotion and guided by rules of it avoids. Compared WCPS and BT, BT evoked a more trustworthy description of coping
Study of validation of the Portuguese version of the inventory «Experiences in Close Relationships»
No full textThe ‗Experiences in Close Relationships Inventory‘ permits to evaluate attachment in close relationships during adulthood based on two dimensions able to be present in this kind of relationships: the avoidance of proximity and the anxiety related with to abandonment. It is a self-report 7- points likert scale composed by 36 items. The Portuguese version was administered to a sample of 551 university students (60%female), the majority with ages between 19 and 24 years old (88%) in a dating relationship (86%). The principal components analysis with oblimin rotation was performed. The total scale has good internal consistency (α=.86), as also has the 2 subscales:anxiety (α=.86) and avoidance (α=.88). The two dimensions evaluated are significantly correlated with socio-demographics, relational characteristics (jealousy, relationship distress, and compromise), wishes (enmeshment versus differentiation) andfears (abandonment versus control) related to attitudes in significant relationships, which testify the construct validity of the instrument. The results obtained are coherent with the original version and other ECR‘s adaptations. Practitioners and researchers in the context of clinical psychology and related areas have now at their disposal the Portuguese version of the ECR inventory, which has shown its very high usefulness inthe study of close relationships, and specifically attachment in adulthood
Avaliação do uso de diários eletrônicos para o estudo da acurácia empática em casais
No full textThis research presents and discusses relevant aspects of the use of electronic diaries as the main instrument of data gathering for empathic accuracy. 45 middle-class couples of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, participated in this study. Each member of the dyad used a microcomputer to fill a structured questionnaire, six times a day, for seven days. Before data gathering the participants were trained to use the computers and therefore filled a questionnaire to evaluate the data collected and to inform his/her general impressions of it. The structured questions of this last questionnaire were analyzed through descriptive statistics, and the discursive questions through content analyses. Results presented evidences of applicability and functionality of the procedures used. Some aspects are discussed to help reconsider the proposed methodology
Amizade e focos de atividade na universidade
No full textThe aim of this study was to investigate foci of activity which were perceived by students of public and private universities in Vitoria metropolitan area as relevant to the establishment and maintenance of their friendships. Participants were 32 college students aged 17 to 21 years, 16 from a public university (UPU) and 16 students from a private university (UPA). The following topics were investigated: (a) friends network, (b) the origin of friends, (c) friendship and neighborhood (d) general activities; (e) specific activities; (f) communication and conversation; (g) university, friendship and dating; (h) university life and old friends; (i) the influence of university on friendships. From a descriptive base, data showed friendship as a relationship involving a wide range of interactions, keeping dialectical relationship with these interactions and social groups. The friendships still relate dialectically with the physical environment, including the physical structure of the university, and the socio-cultural, including rules, schedules and activity plans of the university and local traditions
Spousal Abuse in Zimbabwe: Nature and Extent across Socio-Economic Class, Gender and Religiosity
No full textThis study investigated the nature and extent of spousal abuse among the different sexes, social classes, religious and non-religious families in Zimbabwe. Five types of spousal abuse were considered: physical, emotional, economical, sexual and psychological. The relationships between these types of spousal abuse by gender, social class and religious affiliation were tested. A total of 130 informants (mean age=33.8 years; s.d= 6.8 years) who knew families with abuse took part in this study. Participants provided quantitative and qualitative data on the types and prevalence of spousal abuse they perceived in families they knew. The prevalence of spousal abuse did not differ by gender. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of spousal abuse between working class and middle class families. The prevalence of spousal abuse was lower among religious families. The study contradicted the view that spousal abuse was higher among the low socio-economic groups and females