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- Title
Personal characteristics, relationship quality, and social support perceptions and behavior in young adult romantic relationships.
- Authors
GURUNG, REGAN A. R.; SARASON, BARBARA R.; SARASON, IRWIN G.
- Abstract
This study investigated three questions: (1) Do both personal characteristics and perceived qualities of romantic relationships contribute to partners'perceptions of support? (2) Do these variables predict supportive behavior in partner interactions that can be observed by others? (3) How do situational characteristics affect the predictors of observed supportive behavior? Eighty-six university undergraduates and their romantic partners completed a questionnaire packet and participated in a structured videotaped interaction that included a stress-inducing intervention. Participants'perceived support from the relationship was predicted by participants'own personal characteristics and view of the relationship, as well as by partners'personal characteristics. Observed supportive behavior in a somewhat familiar task was related to personal characteristics of both partners and their views of the relationship. Supportive behavior after an experimenter-administered stressor was predicted only by the couple's personal characteristics. Results demonstrate how study of social support in close relationships can advance understanding of relations between support perception and support receipt.
- Subjects
MAN-woman relationships; INTERPERSONAL relations; YOUNG adults; DATING (Social customs); SOCIAL networks
- Publication
Personal Relationships, 1997, Vol 4, Issue 4, p319
- ISSN
1350-4126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-6811.1997.tb00149.x