Descripción del proyecto
Una exploración científica de las parejas románticas
El romance es importante en la vida. Las investigaciones indican que las relaciones románticas ayudan a reducir el riesgo de enfermedad, morbilidad y mortalidad. Sin embargo, seguir siendo feliz con una pareja romántica no es fácil a largo plazo, como demuestra el alto índice de divorcios. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos AutoRelationPun estudiará el funcionamiento y el bienestar de las relaciones. Sugiere que las actitudes automáticas de pareja reflejan el patrón de las experiencias afectivas que las personas encuentran con sus parejas, por lo que son la principal fuente de comportamiento hacia la pareja. Mediante una combinación de métodos longitudinales observacionales y experimentales precisos, el proyecto probará este papel fundamental en las actitudes automáticas de pareja. Los hallazgos proporcionarán información nueva sobre la ciencia de las relaciones y ayudarán a las parejas románticas a mantener vivo el amor.
Objetivo
Romantic relationships are essential for promoting health and reducing mortality risks. However, remaining satisfied with a long-term romantic partner is notoriously difficult, as illustrated by the fact that divorce rates hover around 30-50% in most industrialized societies. Although research shows that how partners respond to one another defines well-functioning relationships, the origins of such crucial behavior remain largely unknown. How can we explain why partners behave the way they do? We argue that studying automatic partner attitudes, as assessed by implicit measures, is key to better understand and promote the functioning and the well-being of relationships. Because they are less sensitive to the positive illusions that are ubiquitous in relationships, we posit that automatic partner attitudes reflect the pattern of affective experiences that people encounter with their partner and, thus, are the primary source of behavior toward that partner. We test this crucial role of automatic partner attitudes for relationship functioning in two lines of research, using a combination of fine-grained longitudinal, observational and experimental methods. In the line of research A, we aim to identify how these attitudes form and affect behavior in dyadic interactions. Sampling real-life experiences from romantic couples over different time spans will allow us to understand the cyclical relationship between automatic partner attitudes and behavior in daily life. In the line of research B, we aim to intervene on these attitudes to improve relationship functioning and well-being. Experimentally enhancing automatic partner attitudes and the ability to regulate them will allow us to identify causal paths and develop interventions. By taking an inter-disciplinary approach, the proposed project will invigorate research in relationship science, social cognition and attitudes, but also offer applicable strategies that can efficiently help couples and reliably benefit society.
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Régimen de financiación
MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinador
6525 XZ Nijmegen
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