Appropriate Dependency in Goal Pursuit Among Emerging Adults

Owenz, Meghan B.; Winakur, Emily; Fowers, Blaine J.

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“…Of course, any self-report measure relies on the respondent’s perspective, but ontological individualism has directed relationship quality researchers’ attention to assessing the internal psychological experience of couple identity and interdependence rather than asking partners about observable, durable features of the relationship. In contrast, the concept of shared goal pursuit is assessed in reference to concrete, observable relational activities (Owenz & Fowers, 2010).…”

Section: Questioning Ontological Individualism In Marital Quality Res...mentioning

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Enhancing relationship quality measurement: The development of the Relationship Flourishing Scale.

Fowers

Laurenceau

Penfield

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Journal of Family Psychology

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Relationship quality is the most frequently assessed construct in the intimate relationships literature. Dozens of assessment instruments exist, but the vast majority conceptualize relationship quality in terms of satisfaction (or a similar construct), which focuses on the hedonic (pleasure or happiness) dimension of the relationship. Some scholars question whether the richness and depth of adult intimate relationships can be captured by satisfaction ratings and suggest focusing on a complementary eudaimonic (human flourishing) dimension of the relationship. This study evaluates the development of the Relationship Flourishing Scale, a 12-item measure of eudaimonic relationship quality that assesses meaning, personal growth, relational giving, and goal sharing. The study supports the construct validity of the Relationship Flourishing Scale, including its content, concurrent, convergent, discriminant, and incremental validity. Its incremental validity and independence suggest that it provides information about deeper and richer aspects of relationship quality than do current hedonic relationship quality measures. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Section: Questioning Ontological Individualism In Marital Quality Res...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing relationship quality measurement: The development of the Relationship Flourishing Scale.

Fowers

Laurenceau

Penfield

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Journal of Family Psychology

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An exploratory study of friendship characteristics and their relations with hedonic and eudaimonic well-being

Anderson

Fowers

2019

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Friendships are an important source of happiness, well-being, physical health, and longevity. Researchers have often linked unidimensional friendship quality to life satisfaction and positive affect, which are hedonic forms of well-being. Aristotle presented an expanded view of friendship with three general characteristics: Utility, Pleasure, and Virtue. Following his theory, we expected Pleasure and Utility characteristics to be primarily related to hedonic well-being (HWB). In contrast, we expected Virtue characteristics to be more strongly related to eudaimonic well-being (EWB), which includes meaning, personal growth, and positive relationships in this study. This exploratory study assessed Aristotle’s theory about friendship and well-being with 375 participants. Two exploratory structural equation models were tested. There was an indirect relationship between Utility characteristics and HWB through Help Received. A friend’s Virtue characteristics had an indirect relationship with EWB through the reliability of the friendship. These findings indicate that friendship characteristics related to utility and virtue friendships appear to have differential implications for understanding the role of friends in happiness and flourishing.

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Appropriate Dependency in Goal Pursuit Among Emerging Adults

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Enhancing relationship quality measurement: The development of the Relationship Flourishing Scale.

Enhancing relationship quality measurement: The development of the Relationship Flourishing Scale.

An exploratory study of friendship characteristics and their relations with hedonic and eudaimonic well-being

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