Discrepancies in Adolescent Romantic Couples' and Observers' Perceptions of Couple Interaction and their Relationship to Depressive Symptoms |
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Authors: | Welsh Deborah P Galliher Renee V Kawaguchi Myra C Rostosky Sherry S |
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Institution: | (1) University of Tennessee. Deborah Welsh, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996-0900;(2) University of Tennessee, USA;(3) The Guidance Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee;(4) University of Kentucky, USA |
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Abstract: | We examined discrepancies in adolescent romantic couple members' and observers' perceptions of couples' conversations in order to further understand adolescents' romantic interactions and their association with adolescents' depressive symptoms. We used a video-recall procedure to assess 61 adolescent romantic couples' perceptions of their videotaped conversations with each other. Our results suggest that although couple members and outside observers agreed that adolescent romantic couples' conversations were generally harmonious, adolescent dating partners and observers perceived couples' communications in systematically different ways and perceived inequalities in their interactions. Perceptions of discrepancies in power were more salient in females' perceptions. Both males and females perceived themselves more positively than their partners. Finally, discrepancies in couple members' perceptions of their conversations were somewhat associated with their mental health. Boys who viewed themselves more favorably than their girlfriends viewed them exhibited fewer depressive symptoms. Girls who perceived fewer inequalities between themselves and their boyfriends showed fewer depressive symptoms. |
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