Naslov
Can't you see I love you? Recognizing Displays of Love and the Implications for Marital Satisfaction

Autori
Jelić, Margareta ; Mihić, Ivana ; Mihić, Vladimir

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
IARR Conference: Abstracts / - , 2012, 56-56

Skup
IARR CONFERENCE

Mjesto i datum
Chicago (IL), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 12.07.2012. - 16.07.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
love; marital satisfaction; showing love

Sažetak
Although an individual may report showing love to his or her spouse in a particular way, there is no guarantee the partner will notice the behavior, much less recognize it as a display of love. In the current study, we investigated whether husbands and wives see their partner expressing love in the ways partners indicate they show it, and if feelings of marital satisfaction are higher among spouses whose reported displays of love are better recognized as such by their partners. To accomplish this objective, we asked 302 married couples from Croatia and 456 married couples from Serbia to indicate the ways they show love to their partner, the ways their partner shows love to them. All analyses controlled for spouses’ feelings of marital love. Overall, results showed concordance between spousal pairs in perceptions of each other’s propensity to show their love in particular ways. Partners showed the most agreement for displays of love through physical and verbal affection. Interestingly, husbands were better than wives at recognizing their spouses’ reported displays of love. For both husbands and wives, reporting that one’s partner expressed love was tied to higher levels of marital satisfaction.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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