TY - JOUR
T1 - Capitalizing on the success of romantic partners
T2 - A laboratory investigation on subjective, facial, and physiological emotional processing
AU - Montfort, S.S.
AU - Kaczmarek, L.D.
AU - Kashdan, T.B.
AU - Drążkowski, D.
AU - Kosakowski, M.
AU - Guzik, P.
AU - Krauze, T.
AU - Gracanin, A.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Receiving a constructive, supportive response from romantic partners after sharing good news has been shown to magnify the positivity of events and predict healthy relationship outcomes. We conducted a laboratory social interaction to determine whether supportive responses to success led to changes in facial expressions, sympathetic arousal, and felt emotions. Our methodology allowed us to break down the sequence of capitalization support. In 69 romantic couples, we recorded emotional processing before, during, and after the task in both partners. Person A received performance feedback on a computer task and shared their success via text messages with Person B, who then reacted to this success. Supportive capitalization responses led to greater felt positive emotions and a trend for fewer negative emotions; effects were similar for givers and receivers of supportive responses. Facial expressions were also happier for people receiving supportive capitalization responses. Results suggest the importance of addressing the giving and receiving of capitalization support within the same social situation.Keywords: Romantic couples, Capitalization, Facial expression, Positive emotion,Physiology
AB - Receiving a constructive, supportive response from romantic partners after sharing good news has been shown to magnify the positivity of events and predict healthy relationship outcomes. We conducted a laboratory social interaction to determine whether supportive responses to success led to changes in facial expressions, sympathetic arousal, and felt emotions. Our methodology allowed us to break down the sequence of capitalization support. In 69 romantic couples, we recorded emotional processing before, during, and after the task in both partners. Person A received performance feedback on a computer task and shared their success via text messages with Person B, who then reacted to this success. Supportive capitalization responses led to greater felt positive emotions and a trend for fewer negative emotions; effects were similar for givers and receivers of supportive responses. Facial expressions were also happier for people receiving supportive capitalization responses. Results suggest the importance of addressing the giving and receiving of capitalization support within the same social situation.Keywords: Romantic couples, Capitalization, Facial expression, Positive emotion,Physiology
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.04.028
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2014.04.028
M3 - Article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 68
SP - 149
EP - 153
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -