University of Southern California. Individual Stress Predicts Insulting and Invalidating Behaviors in Younger Adult Dating Partners.

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Exhibit #: SS II – 18

Title: Individual Stress Predicts Insulting and Invalidating Behaviors in Young Adult Dating Partners

Presenter(s): Lisa Freedland, Avani Vasireddy, Zaharah Zaidi

Faculty Sponsor(s) / Collaborator(s): Gayla Margolin, Psychology, Dornsife university of Arts, Letters and Sciences

Madison Bradfield-Davis, Psychology, Dornsife University of Arts, Letters and Sciences

Yana Ryjova, Psychology badoo unsubscribe, Dornsife College of Arts, Letters and Sciences

Sohyun Han, Psychology, Dornsife College of Arts, Letters and Sciences

Project Overview: In this study, we examine exactly exactly how individual anxiety predicts negative interaction in intimate relationships. We carried out this research to achieve a much much much deeper comprehension of negative relationship procedures during times during the anxiety. Additionally, our findings could possibly be beneficial in therapy settings, particularly in assisting partners handle specific and partner anxiety.

Abstract: the results of anxiety are not restricted and then the person experiencing it, but have now been proven to adversely influence relationships that are romantic. High amounts of anxiety within relationships predicts negative communication between lovers, including anger, aggressive withdrawal, and retreat (Sears). The present research investigates exactly exactly how specific stress pertains to one’s own and one’s partner’s usage of negative interaction into the relationship. We hypothesize that stress will soon be definitely related to both one’s very very own and one’s partner’s critique and behaviors that are insulting. Contrastingly, we hypothesize that stress will simply be connected with one’s partner’s dismissing and behaviors that are invalidating. Young adult couples took part in an at-home research for starters time (N = 109 partners; Mage = 22.58). (more…)