Monitoring pronouns in conflicts: Temporal dynamics of verbal communication in couples across the lifespan.

Autor(en)

Mona Neysari, Guy Bodenmann, Matthias R. Mehl, Katharina Bernecker, Fridtjof Nussbeck, Sabine Backes, Martina Zemp, Mike Martin, Andrea B. Horn

Abstrakt

Conflict communication represents a basic process for the quality of intimate relationships, which is fundamental to well-being over the lifespan. This study investigates the temporal unfolding of different relational perspectives during a conflict situation by monitoring pronoun use in young, middle-aged, and old couples within the theoretical framework of Gottman’s phases of conflict. Our results reveal different trajectories of “I”-, “you”-, and “we”-talk over a conflict conversation in both partners. These trajectories differ between females and males. Furthermore, “you”-talk and “we”-talk differed among the age groups over time. Understanding the temporal dynamics of marital communication as reflected by pronoun use seems promising for a better understanding of conflict related processes in couples over the lifespan.

Organisation(en)

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Zürich (UZH)

Journal

GeroPsych: the journal of gerontopsychology and geriatric psychiatry

Band

29

Seiten

201-213

Anzahl der Seiten

13

ISSN

1662-9647

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000158

Publikationsdatum

11-2016

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501009 Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Geriatrics and Gerontology, Gerontology

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/777e3874-c1a2-4c8f-8699-0c0c73c3020f