As recent work suggests that global, dispositional forms of optimism may be more adaptive for relationship functioning than more focused, relationship‐specific forms of optimism, the current study utilized observational and daily diary data collected from newlywed couples (N = 171) to determine whether global and specific optimistic expectations would differentially predict recovery following marital conflict. We predicted that spouses higher in global optimism would exhibit greater recovery, whereas spouses higher in relationship‐specific optimism would exhibit reduced recovery. A series of multilevel models provided some evidence indicating that individuals higher in global optimism showed increased recovery, but this effect was inconsistent. Moreover, relationship‐specific optimism failed to moderate responses to marital conflict, suggesting that this form of optimism may not always be detrimental.

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摆脱困境：乐观预期对冲突恢复的作用

正如最近的研究表明，相比于更集中，特定于关系的乐观形式而言，整体的，倾向性的乐观形式可能更适合于关系功能，因此本研究利用了从新婚夫妇那里收集的观察和每日日记数据（N= 171），以确定全球和特定的乐观预期是否会以不同的方式预测婚姻冲突后的恢复。我们预测，总体乐观度较高的配偶会表现出更大的恢复，而对特定关系乐观度较高的配偶会表现出下降的恢复。一系列多层次模型提供了一些证据，表明全球乐观情绪较高的人显示出恢复的增加，但是这种效果并不一致。此外，针对特定关系的乐观情绪并不能缓解对婚姻冲突的反应，这表明这种乐观情绪可能并不总是有害的。