How to foster perceived partner responsiveness: High‐quality listening is key

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Itzchakov ◽  
Harry T. Reis ◽  
Netta Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
High Quality ◽  
Perceived Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Partner Responsiveness

Perceived partner responsiveness, responsive parenting and child health and well-being

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Kane ◽  
Erin T. Tobin ◽  
Daniel J. Saleh ◽  
Sylvie Naar-King ◽  
Wayne Pierantoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Responsive Parenting ◽  
Perceived Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Health And Well Being ◽  
And Child Health

scholarly journals Mindfulness, perceived partner responsiveness, and relationship quality: A dyadic longitudinal mediation model

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110303
Author(s):  
Sarah C. E. Stanton ◽  
Alvin Peng Siang Chan ◽  
Taranah Gazder
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Longitudinal Change ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Relationship Length ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Perceived Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Partner Responsiveness

General and domain-specific (e.g., relationship-specific) mindfulness frequently predict salutary relationship outcomes. The present preregistered study examined whether general and relationship mindfulness predicted longitudinal change in positive and negative relationship quality via greater perceived partner responsiveness (PPR). One hundred couples completed a baseline lab session (Phase 1), a 14-day diary period (Phase 2), and a 2-month follow-up survey (Phase 3). Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model analyses revealed that actors’ Phase 1 relationship mindfulness—but not general mindfulness—predicted increases in their own positive relationship quality from Phase 1–3 and decreases in their own negative relationship quality from Phase 1–3 indirectly via their own Phase 2 PPR. An exploratory alternate model testing if Phase 1 PPR predicted changes in Phase 1–3 relationship quality via Phase 2 relationship mindfulness did not reveal significant indirect effects. All results held when controlling for gender, age, and relationship length, and no partner effects emerged in any analysis. These findings further elucidate the relationship-enhancing role of mindfulness in couples and highlight PPR as a critical mediator explaining the link between domain-specific mindfulness and relationship quality. Implications for mindfulness-based training programs for couples are discussed.

Perceived Partner Responsiveness Predicts Better Sleep Quality Through Lower Anxiety

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emre Selcuk ◽  
Sarah C. E. Stanton ◽  
Richard B. Slatcher ◽  
Anthony D. Ong
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Problems ◽  
Sleep Efficiency ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Depression Symptoms ◽  
Sleep Study ◽  
Sleep Behavior ◽  
Subjective Sleep ◽  
Perceived Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Partner Responsiveness

The present study investigated whether perceived partner responsiveness—the extent to which individuals feel cared for, understood, and validated by their partner—predicted subjective sleep problems and objective (actigraph-based) sleep efficiency through lower anxiety and depression symptoms. A life span sample of 698 married or cohabiting adults (35–86 years old) completed measures of perceived partner responsiveness and subjective sleep problems. A subset of the sample ( N = 219) completed a weeklong sleep study where actigraph-based measures of sleep efficiency were obtained. Perceived partner responsiveness predicted lower self-reported global sleep problems through lower anxiety and depression and greater actigraph-assessed sleep efficiency through lower anxiety. All indirect associations held after controlling for emotional support provision to the partner, agreeableness, and demographic and health covariates known to affect sleep quality. These findings are among the first to demonstrate how perceived partner responsiveness, a core aspect of romantic relationships, is linked to sleep behavior.

scholarly journals Effect of a Responsiveness-based support intervention on smokeless tobacco cessation: The UCare-ChewFree randomized clinical trial

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Akers ◽  
Judy A. Andrews ◽  
Edward Lichtenstein ◽  
Herbert H. Severson ◽  
Judith S. Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Smokeless Tobacco ◽  
Tobacco Cessation ◽  
Male Partner ◽  
Negative Behaviors ◽  
Delayed Treatment ◽  
Female Partners ◽  
Supportive Behaviors ◽  
Perceived Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Partner Behaviors ◽  
Partner Responsiveness

Introduction. Partner behaviors and attitudes can motivate and encourage, or conversely undermine, a tobacco user’s cessation efforts. Previous partner support interventions for tobacco cessation have largely focused on positive and negative behaviors. We developed a theoretically based intervention (UCare) for women who wanted their male partner to quit smokeless tobacco, based on perceived partner responsiveness--the finding that support is best received when the supporter conveys respect, understanding, and caring.Methods. We recruited 1,145 women and randomized them to receive either immediate access to the UCare website and printed booklet (Intervention), or to a Delayed Treatment control. We assessed supportive behaviors and attitudes at baseline and six-week follow-up, and the ST-using partner's abstinence at six weeks and 7.5 months (surrogate report).Results. For partners of women assigned to Intervention, 7.0% had quit all tobacco at 7.5 months, compared with 6.6% for control (n.s.). For partners of women completing the intervention, 12.4% had quit all tobacco at 7.5 months, compared with 6.6% for Delayed Treatment (p<.01). Change in responsiveness-based behaviors and instrumental behaviors at six weeks mediated 7.5-month cessation, and change in responsiveness-based attitudes mediated the change in responsiveness-based behaviors, indirectly increasing cessation.Conclusions. A responsiveness-based intervention with female partners of male smokeless tobacco users improved supportive attitudes and behaviors, leading to higher cessation rates among tobacco users not actively seeking to quit. The study demonstrates the potential for responsiveness as a basis for effective intervention with supporters, and this approach may reach tobacco users who would not directly seek help.

When Tonight Is Not the Night: Sexual Rejection Behaviors and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 1476-1490
Author(s):  
James J. Kim ◽  
Amy Muise ◽  
John K. Sakaluk ◽  
Natalie O. Rosen ◽  
Emily A. Impett
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Daily Experience ◽  
Sexual Rejection ◽  
Perceived Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Partner Responsiveness

In most long-term romantic relationships, partners experience sexual conflicts of interest in which one partner declines the other partner’s sexual advances. We investigated the distinct ways people reject a partner’s advances (i.e., with reassuring, hostile, assertive, and deflecting behaviors) in Studies 1 and 2. Using cross-sectional (Study 3) and daily experience methods (Study 4), we investigated how perceptions of a partner’s rejection behaviors are linked with the rejected partner’s relationship and sexual satisfaction. We found robust evidence that perceived partner reassuring behaviors were associated with greater satisfaction, whereas perceived partner hostile behaviors were associated with lower levels of satisfaction. Perceived partner responsiveness was a key mechanism underlying the effects. Findings for assertive and deflecting behaviors were limited, but the effect of deflecting behaviors was qualified by levels of hostile behaviors for sexual satisfaction. Findings provide the first empirical investigation of the specific ways partners can decline one another’s advances to preserve satisfaction.

Untangling the effects of partner responsiveness on health and well-being: The role of perceived control

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 1150-1171
Author(s):  
María Alonso-Ferres ◽  
Ledina Imami ◽  
Richard B. Slatcher
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Control ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cognitive Mechanisms ◽  
Daily Stressors ◽  
Perceived Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Competing Models ◽  
Partner Responsiveness ◽  
Health And Well Being

Perceived partner responsiveness (PPR)—the extent to which people feel understood, cared for, and appreciated—has been identified as an organizing principle in the study of close relationships. Previous work indicates that PPR may benefit physical health and well-being, but how PPR is associated with personal benefits is less clear. One cognitive mechanism that may help to explain these associations is perceived control. Here we tested two competing models (moderation vs. mediation) in which we assessed whether perceived control might explain how PPR impacts health, well-being, and mortality in a 20-year longitudinal study of adults ( N = 1,186). We found that PPR has a long-term positive association with health, well-being, and mortality via increased perceived control and, in turn, decreased negative affect reactivity to daily stressors. These findings have important implications for understanding the cognitive mechanisms that link PPR to health and well-being.

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