Perception of communal motives in couples: Accuracy,bias, and their associations with relationship length |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Psychology, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany;2. Department of Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany;1. Iowa State University, United States;2. University of Minnesota, United States;1. Northwestern University, United States;2. Rush University Medical Center, United States;3. University of Southern California, United States;4. Karolinska Institute, Sweden;5. University of California, Riverside, United States;6. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States;1. University of Koblenz-Landau;2. Ulm University;3. University of Copenhagen;1. Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China;2. Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, China;3. Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK;4. Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, China;5. Teacher College, Southwest University, China;1. University of the Fraser Valley, Canada;2. University of Toronto, Canada;1. Universtiy of Pittsburgh, United States;2. Purdue University, United States |
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| Abstract: | Can romantic partners accurately perceive each other’s communal motives, or are these perceptions biased by their own motivational hopes and fears? This study used data from N = 1,905 partnered participants to examine the extent to which partner perceptions of communal motives correspond to targets’ (accuracy) and perceivers’ (motivational bias) explicit and implicit communal motives. Our results indicate that explicit communal motives and implicit communal approach motives can be (a) accurately inferred and (b) positively bias communal motive perception. Furthermore, there was no evidence for moderation of either accuracy or motivational bias by relationship length. These findings point to the early visibility of both implicit and explicit motives in couples, as well as their persistent biasing effects on partner perception. |
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| Keywords: | Interpersonal perception Implicit motives Explicit motives Couple relationships Communion |
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