Adult Siblings' Use of Affectionate Communication as a Strategic and Routine Relational Maintenance Behavior

Myers, Scott A.; Byrnes, Kerry; Frisby, Brandi N.; Månsson, Daniel

doi:10.1080/08824096.2011.565276

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“…Moreover, considering the clear positive association that has been found between these relational characteristics and the use of relational maintenance behaviors in previous investigations coupled with the notion that affectionate communication can be used as a type of relational maintenance behavior (Floyd, 2006;Myers et al, 2011), it stands to reason that similar relationships may exist in the GP-GC relationship. Also, AET posits that affectionate communication may have positive impacts on the receivers' perceptions of their partners and their relationships.…”

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“…This postulate is indicative of two general assumptions. First, affectionate communication can be used as a type of relational maintenance behavior (Floyd, 2006;Myers, Byrnes, Frisby, & Mansson, 2011) in that it is associated positively with favorable relational characteristics in romantic relationships (Floyd, 2002;Horan & Booth-Butterfield, 2010). Second, this postulate applies to any type of relationship that ''involves a significant affectual bond'' (Floyd, 2006, p. 165), but it has only been tested in romantic relationships (Floyd, 2002;Horan & Booth-Butterfield, 2010).…”

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Affectionate Communication and Relational Characteristics in the Grandparent–Grandchild Relationship

Månsson

2013

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Affectionate Communication and Relational Characteristics in the Grandparent–Grandchild Relationship

Månsson

2013

Communication Reports

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“…The study found a relationship between the lower personal relevance of praise and greater cognitive disorganisation in schizotypy. Praise denotes affection, approval, and the need to establish closeness [52]. Maternal praise could boost the child's feelings of competence and confidence [16].…”

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Sensitivity to criticism and praise predicts schizotypy in the non-clinical population: The role of affect and perceived expressed emotion

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Background:Schizotypy represents a cluster of personality traits consisting of magical beliefs, perceptual aberrations, disorganisation, and anhedonia. Schizotypy denotes a vulnerability for psychosis, one reason being psychosocial stress. High expressed emotion (EE), a rating of high criticism, hostility, and emotional over-involvement from a close relative, denotes psychosocial stress and vulnerability to psychosis, and is associated with schizotypy. This study aimed to decipher the relationship of schizotypy to perceived criticism and perceived praise in terms of affect and perceived EE.Methods:Ninety-eight healthy participants listened to short audio-clips containing criticism, praise, and neutral comments from a stranger, and evaluated them in terms of the comments’ arousal and personal relevance. Participants also answered self-report questionnaires of schizotypy, depression, mood, and perceived EE. Correlational analyses tested the relationship between schizotypy and the evaluations of criticism and praise. Mediation analyses then tested whether depression, positive mood, and perceived EE explained these relationships.Results:Greater relevance of standard criticism correlated with higher positive schizotypy. This association was fully mediated by high depression and perceived irritability from a close relative. Lower relevance of standard praise correlated with higher cognitive disorganisation (another schizotypal trait). This relationship was partially mediated by low positive mood and high perceived intrusiveness from a close relative.Conclusion:Greater perceived criticism and lower perceived praise predict schizotypy in the healthy population. Affect and interpersonal sensitivity towards a close relative explain these relationships, such that depression increases perceived criticism, and positive mood increases perceived praise. Perceived EE defines the interpersonal nature of schizotypy.

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“…been studied in conjunction with affection (Dainton, Stafford, & Canary, 1994;Guerrero & Bachman, 2006;Horan, 2013;Myers, Brann, & Rittenour, 2008;Myers, Byrnes, Frisby, & Mansson, 2011), less examined is the use of inauthentic affection as a tool for mate retention. Consequently, this study adds to the affection as maintenance research by uniquely examining the use of deceptive affection in a unique retention context-the adaptive problem of partner infidelity.…”

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Deceptive Affectionate Messages: Mate Retention Deployed Under the Threat of Partner Infidelity

Caton

Horan

2019

Evol Psychol

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Deceptive affectionate messages (DAMs) have been proposed to act as relational maintenance techniques and, as such, might be part of a greater repertoire of mate retention behaviors. We analyzed data from 1,993 Mechanical Turk participants to examine the relations between DAMs and mate retention, and whether these relations were mediated by the perceived risk of partner infidelity. In line with predictions, frequency of DAMs positively predicted general mate retention and cost-inflicting mate retention through the perceived risk of partner infidelity. In line with our nondirectional prediction, we also found that frequency of DAMs negatively predicted benefit-provisioning mate retention behaviors. In an exploratory mediation analysis of DAMs on benefit-provisioning mate retention via perceived partner infidelity, we surprisingly found that DAMs negatively predicted benefitprovisioning behavior due to the perceived risk of partner infidelity, suggesting that DAMs-but not benefit-provisioning mate retention-are deployed under the threat of partner infidelity. Overall, these findings suggest that DAMs might belong to a greater repertoire of mate retention (especially cost-inflicting) behaviors to thwart the possibility of partner infidelity.

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Adult Siblings' Use of Affectionate Communication as a Strategic and Routine Relational Maintenance Behavior

Cited by 35 publications

References 23 publications

Affectionate Communication and Relational Characteristics in the Grandparent–Grandchild Relationship

Affectionate Communication and Relational Characteristics in the Grandparent–Grandchild Relationship

Sensitivity to criticism and praise predicts schizotypy in the non-clinical population: The role of affect and perceived expressed emotion

Deceptive Affectionate Messages: Mate Retention Deployed Under the Threat of Partner Infidelity

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