Responsiveness as a key predictor of happiness: mechanisms and unanswered questions

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dc.citation.epage18en_US
dc.citation.spage1en_US
dc.contributor.authorGünaydın, Gülen_US
dc.contributor.authorSelçuk, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKaragöbek, A. B.en_US
dc.contributor.editorDemir, M.
dc.contributor.editorSümer, N.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-19T09:54:05Z
dc.date.available2019-04-19T09:54:05Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_US
dc.descriptionChapter 1
dc.description.abstractThe importance of close relationships for happiness has long been recognized. This long-held interest has produced an increase in relevant empirical work investigating the links between relationships and personal well-being in the last three decades. Recent attempts at integrating this vast body of literature suggest that responsiveness—i.e., the belief that close relationship partners understand, validate, and care for us—is a core process linking close relationships to health and happiness. In the present chapter, we review the links between responsiveness and happiness, with an emphasis on studies of marital and long-term romantic relationships. The available evidence indicates that partner responsiveness improves happiness in both negative contexts (by preserving happiness in the face of stress and adversity) and positive contexts (by augmenting and prolonging happiness induced by pleasant events and supporting the pursuit of personally meaningful goals and self-actualization). We believe that future work should build on this literature by investigating intergenerational effects of partner responsiveness on offspring happiness, comparing the roles of different social network members in happiness, examining how cultural grounding of relationships modulate the responsiveness-happiness link, and identifying the different components of responsiveness critical for happiness across cultures and developmental stages.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-89663-2_1en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-89663-2en_US
dc.identifier.eisbn9783319896632
dc.identifier.isbn9783319896618
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/50843
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofClose relationships and happiness across culturesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology;13
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89663-2_1en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89663-2en_US
dc.subjectPartner responsivenessen_US
dc.subjectRomantic relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectMarriageen_US
dc.subjectHappinessen_US
dc.subjectWell-beingen_US
dc.titleResponsiveness as a key predictor of happiness: mechanisms and unanswered questionsen_US
dc.typeBook Chapteren_US

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