Perceived responsiveness during an initial social interaction with a stranger predicts a positive memory bias one week later

Kleiman, Evan M.; Kashdan, Todd B.; Monfort, Samuel S.; Machell, Kyla A.; Goodman, Fallon R.

doi:10.1080/02699931.2014.905458

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“…In fact, many of the items used to assess these constructs would not be suitable in the context of novel relationship partners such as created in the current study (cf. Kleiman, Kashdan, Monfort, Machell & Goodman, in press). Future research will need to establish the specificity of perceived responsiveness and communal strength as mechanisms for expressed gratitude in the context of ongoing relationships as well as establish ways to test these specific mechanisms in the context of novel relationships.…”

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Warm thanks: Gratitude expression facilitates social affiliation in new relationships via perceived warmth.

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Bartlett²

2015

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Recent theorizing on the nature and function of gratitude (the find-remind-and-bind theory; Algoe, 2012) stipulates that expressing gratitude should serve to alert previously unacquainted peers to the potential for a high-quality social bond (i.e., a find function). Although the logic of this premise is supported by extant research, it has not, as yet, been tested empirically. In the current study, participants received a note from a previously unacquainted peer that contained an expression of gratitude (or did not) with regard to prior benefits provided by the participant. After providing ratings of the peer and ostensibly completing the study, participants were given an opportunity to spontaneously give their contact information to the peer, which served as a behavioral measure of affiliation. In line with the proposed find function of gratitude expressions, recipients of expressions of gratitude were more likely to extend the effort to continue the relationship with the novel peer by providing that peer with a means to contact them. This experiment also provided evidence that perceptions of interpersonal warmth (e.g., friendliness, thoughtfulness) serve as the mechanism via which gratitude expressions facilitate affiliation: insofar as gratitude expressions signaled interpersonal warmth of the expresser, they prompted investment in the burgeoning social bond. As such, these findings provide the first empirical evidence regarding 1 of the 3 central premises of the find-remind-and-bind theory of gratitude (Algoe, 2012) in the context of novel relationships.

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Warm thanks: Gratitude expression facilitates social affiliation in new relationships via perceived warmth.

Williams¹,

Bartlett²

2015

Emotion

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“…The act of sharing good news with others is referred to as capitalization (e.g., Langston 1994), and it is associated with increased happiness even when taking the significance of the shared event into account (Gable et al 2004(Gable et al , 2012Ilies et al 2013Ilies et al , 2011Kleiman et al 2015;Langston 1994;Lambert et al 2011). Gable et al (2006Gable et al ( , 2004, Reis (2001, 2010) highlighted the importance of perceived responses from significant others such that the predominance of perceived positive responses over negative ones is a requirement to experience additional benefits in this process.…”

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My Friends Are My Estate: Friendship Experiences Mediate the Relationship Between Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts and Happiness

2016

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Emerging adults share the positive events in their lives with their friends, a process that is related to higher levels of happiness when they perceive their friends' responses as more positive and less negative. What might explain this association? The four studies (N = 2997) in this research tested the proposal that positive friendship experiences mediate the relationship between perceived responses to capitalization attempts (PRCA) and happiness. Study 1 showed that same-sex friendship quality mediated the relationship between PRCA and happiness. Study 2 supported the model for cross-sex friendships. Study 3 tested the generalizability of the model for the immediate social network of emerging adults and showed that the model was only applicable to best friendships. Study 4 documented that satisfaction of basic psychological needs in a samesex friendship was another mediator of the PRCA-happiness link. Although the friendship experiences and PRCA scores of women were higher compared to men in every study, the associations of PRCA with friendship experiences and happiness were generally similar and the model was supported for both men and women. The implications of the findings were discussed and suggestions for future research were provided.

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“…Significant increases in liking after using adaptions of the FFP were found in multiple studies (Kuang, 2012;Sprecher, 2014;Sprecher & Hampton, 2017;Sprecher et al, 2013aSprecher et al, , 2013bStürmer et al, 2018). Furthermore, various studies using shortened versions of the FFP evinced an increase in positive affect (Kleiman et al, 2014;Shearer, 2017;Taylor et al, 2017;Vacharkulksemsuk & Fredrickson, 2011). Although there are some studies in non-English-speaking countries (e.g., Stürmer et al, 2018), the FFP has never been validated in any other language apart from English.…”

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Experimental Induction of Emotional and Sexual Intimacy: Exploring the Validity of the German Fast Friends Procedure in Individuals with and without Childhood Maltreatment

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The Fast Friends Procedure (FFP) is a widely used experimental paradigm to induce emotional intimacy. Besides exploring the validity of a German translation of the paradigm (n = 46), we developed an extension of the FFP that induces sexual intimacy and assessed heart rate, high-frequency heart rate variability, and electrodermal activity responses to the FFP and its extension. Furthermore, we examined its applicability to individuals with childhood maltreatment (n = 56), who frequently suffer from intimacy-related difficulties. Intimacy, positive affect, liking, and attraction increased during the FFP and partly during the sexual intimacy extension in both study groups. Moreover, both groups showed physiological responses consistent with positive social interactions. The use of the German FFP and its sexual intimacy extension can thus be recommended for research in the general population and in individuals with childhood maltreatment, although more studies are needed to further validate the paradigms.

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Perceived responsiveness during an initial social interaction with a stranger predicts a positive memory bias one week later

Cited by 16 publications

References 31 publications

Warm thanks: Gratitude expression facilitates social affiliation in new relationships via perceived warmth.

Warm thanks: Gratitude expression facilitates social affiliation in new relationships via perceived warmth.

My Friends Are My Estate: Friendship Experiences Mediate the Relationship Between Perceived Responses to Capitalization Attempts and Happiness

Experimental Induction of Emotional and Sexual Intimacy: Exploring the Validity of the German Fast Friends Procedure in Individuals with and without Childhood Maltreatment

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