ABSTRACT

This study examined how ongoing relationship maintenance and communal perspectives influence relational load and executive functioning immediately after a stressful conversation in the laboratory in a sample of predominantly white romantic partners. It also explored the aftermath of relational load on partners’ communal perspectives and mental health five consecutive days following the conversation. Receiving greater maintenance from one’s partner before the conversation was associated with increased unity and less conflict, which reduced relational load. This was particularly true for men. Women’s communal perspectives were also associated with better executive functioning for themselves and their partners. Finally, greater relational load diminished feelings of unity and mental health in the days after the laboratory, but the effect on mental health was short-lived.

摘要

这项研究在实验室中以白人浪漫伴侣为主的样本中，研究了持续的关系维护和社区观点如何在实验室进行压力对话后立即影响关系负荷和执行功能。它还在对话后连续五天探讨了关系负荷对合作伙伴的公共观点和心理健康的后果。在谈话之前从对方那里得到更多的维护与增加团结和减少冲突相关联，从而减少了关系负担。对于男性来说尤其如此。女性的公共观点也与她们自己和她们的伴侣更好的执行功能有关。最后，在实验室结束后的几天里，更大的关系负荷减弱了团结感和心理健康，