Negative speaks louder than positive: negative implicit partner evaluations forecast destructive daily interactions and relationship decline

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buir.contributor.authorSakman, Ezgi
buir.contributor.orcidSakman, Ezgi|0000-0002-5974-6566
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dc.contributor.authorSakman, Ezgi
dc.contributor.authorZayas, V.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-22T19:57:05Z
dc.date.available2024-03-22T19:57:05Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-30
dc.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.description.abstractRomantic relationships are affectively complex. Any given interaction consists of both rewarding and aversive features. Recent work has shown that implicit partner evaluations (IPEs)—evaluations spontaneously triggered when one thinks about one’s partner—are also affectively complex. Does such complexity in IPEs help individuals navigate rewarding and aversive aspects inherent in interactions? The present work examined the proposition that negative IPEs uniquely forecast aversive daily relationship behaviors, whereas positive IPEs uniquely forecast rewarding daily relationship behaviors. Individuals self-identified as in a heterosexual romantic relationship completed measures to assess their implicit and explicit partner evaluations at two time points, spanning a three-month period, as well as a daily diary component. Time-1 negative IPEs forecasted perceiving and enacting negative behaviors during a 14-day daily diary, which, in turn, predicted deterioration in explicit partner and relationship evaluations 3-months later. The predictive ability of negative IPEs remained even after statistically controlling for positive IPEs and explicit evaluations. Positive IPEs were weak and inconsistent predictors of outcomes. The findings shine a spotlight on the differential functions of positive and negative IPEs, the importance of assessing negative IPEs independently from positive IPEs, and the role of negative IPEs in predicting destructive relationship experiences.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/02654075231224803
dc.identifier.eissn1460-3608
dc.identifier.issn0265-4075
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11693/115104
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherSAGE Publications Ltd
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1177/02654075231224803
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0 DEED (Attribution 4.0 International)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.source.titleJournal of Social and Personal Relationships
dc.subjectAutomatic processes
dc.subjectImplicit evaluations
dc.subjectNegative relationship behaviors
dc.subjectPartner evaluations
dc.subjectRomantic relationships
dc.titleNegative speaks louder than positive: negative implicit partner evaluations forecast destructive daily interactions and relationship decline
dc.typeArticle

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