This research investigated how residential moves with versus without the companionship of significant others would affect people’s motivation to make new friends. Studies 1a and 1b showed that the companionship of significant others predicted fewer new friends among university students who moved within the same country (Study 1a) and to a different country (Study 1b), suggesting that the companionship of significant others was associated with a lower level of motivation to make new friends. In Study 2, the results of an experiment demonstrated that the companionship of a significant other reduced movers’ motivation to make new friends, and this was explained by positive affect but not negative affect. Specifically, the companionship of a significant other, compared with the companionship of an acquaintance or no companionship, led to stronger positive affect, which, in turn, reduced motivation to make new friends. Taken together, these findings call for more nuanced theory on the influence of residential mobility on well-being and social networks.

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谁和你一起搬家？重要他人的陪伴降低了搬家者结交新朋友的动力

这项研究调查了在没有重要他人陪伴的情况下搬迁住宅如何影响人们结交新朋友的动机。研究 1a 和 1b 表明，重要他人的陪伴预示着在同一国家（研究 1a）和不同国家（研究 1b）移动的大学生中新朋友较少，这表明重要他人的陪伴与较低的结交新朋友的动机水平。在研究 2 中，一项实验的结果表明，与重要的其他人的陪伴会降低搬家者结交新朋友的动机，这可以用积极情绪而非消极情绪来解释。具体来说，重要他人的陪伴，与熟人的陪伴或没有陪伴相比，导致更强烈的积极影响，这反过来又降低了结交新朋友的动力。总而言之，这些发现要求对住宅流动性对福祉和社交网络的影响进行更细致的理论。