TY - JOUR
T1 - Monitoring pronouns in conflicts temporal dynamics of verbal communication in couples across the lifespan
AU - Neysari, Mona
AU - Bodenmann, Guy
AU - Mehl, Matthias R.
AU - Bernecker, Katharina
AU - Nussbeck, Fridtjof W.
AU - Backes, Sabine
AU - Zemp, Martina
AU - Martin, Mike
AU - Horn, Andrea B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF: CRSI11_133004/1) to Guy Bodenmann, Veroni-ka Brandstätter, Mike Martin, Fridtjof W. Nussbeck, and Thomas N. Bradbury.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Hogrefe.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Conflict communication represents a basic process for the quality of intimate relationships, which is fundamental to well-being over the lifespan. This study investigates the temporal unfolding of different relational perspectives during a conflict situation by monitoring pronoun use in young, middle-aged, and old couples within the theoretical framework of Gottman’s phases of conflict. Our results reveal different trajectories of “I”-, “you”-, and “we”-talk over a conflict conversation in both partners. These trajectories differ between females and males. Furthermore, “you”-talk and “we”-talk differed among the age groups over time. Understanding the temporal dynamics of marital communication as reflected by pronoun use seems promising for a better understanding of conflict related processes in couples over the lifespan.
AB - Conflict communication represents a basic process for the quality of intimate relationships, which is fundamental to well-being over the lifespan. This study investigates the temporal unfolding of different relational perspectives during a conflict situation by monitoring pronoun use in young, middle-aged, and old couples within the theoretical framework of Gottman’s phases of conflict. Our results reveal different trajectories of “I”-, “you”-, and “we”-talk over a conflict conversation in both partners. These trajectories differ between females and males. Furthermore, “you”-talk and “we”-talk differed among the age groups over time. Understanding the temporal dynamics of marital communication as reflected by pronoun use seems promising for a better understanding of conflict related processes in couples over the lifespan.
KW - Conflict
KW - Couple communication
KW - LIWC
KW - Language use
KW - Romantic relationship
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U2 - 10.1024/1662-9647/a000158
DO - 10.1024/1662-9647/a000158
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85047827012
SN - 1662-9647
VL - 29
SP - 201
EP - 213
JO - GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -