ABSTRACT In this study, older adults’ reports of their romantic partner’s accommodation based on older adults’ membership in three groups were examined as predictors of relational closeness and loneliness. The three groups were older adults’ most important, second-most important, and third-most important group affiliations. A two-way interaction involving accommodation based on membership in the second-most important and third-most important groups emerged in predicting relational closeness: Relational closeness remained consistently high when older adults perceived that their romantic partner engaged in high levels of accommodation based on older adults’ third-most important group, regardless of the level of accommodation based on older adults’ second-most important group. Relational closeness dropped most precipitously when accommodation based on both the second-most important and third-most important groups was low. Additionally, receiving accommodation based on the third-most important group predicted less loneliness at the main-effects level. Findings are discussed in terms of communication accommodation theory and identity layering.

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老年人浪漫关系中基于群体的身份认同

摘要 在这项研究中，根据老年人在三组中的成员身份，老年人报告他们的浪漫伴侣的住宿情况被视为关系亲密和孤独的预测因素。这三个群体是老年人最重要、第二重要和第三重要的群体隶属关系。在预测亲密关系时，出现了一种涉及基于第二重要和第三重要群体成员身份的适应的双向互动：当老年人认为他们的浪漫伴侣根据年龄较大的情况进行高水平的适应时，关系亲密度仍然很高。成年人的第三重要群体，无论基于老年人第二重要群体的住宿水平如何。当基于第二重要和第三重要群体的适应度较低时，关系密切度下降得最剧烈。此外，接受基于第三个最重要群体的住宿在主效应水平上预测较少的孤独感。研究结果在通信适应理论和身份分层方面进行了讨论。