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Turner, J. A. (2019). It's Not You, It's Me: Implicitly Assessed Partner Attitudes Predict Mood but Not Interpersonal Evaluations. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/2019_Spring_Turner_fsu_0071N_15068
Although automatic partner attitudes are a critical predictor of long-term relationship outcomes, we know very little about their more immediate implications. Different theoretical perspectives suggest different possibilities—automatic partner attitudes may predict (a) daily interpersonal judgments, (b) judgments of alternative sources, such as mood, or (c) no daily judgments if these attitudes are unconscious. We assessed automatic partner attitudes implicitly and interpersonal evaluations and mood via self-report for 14 days in a sample of newlywed couples. More negative partner attitudes were associated with more negative daily mood and less positive daily mood but not daily evaluations of the relationship over the 14 days. These findings suggest that people (a) do have access to the content of automatic evaluations but may not always realize their source but (b) may protect desired beliefs by explaining away automatic evaluations that are undesirable.
Automatic partner attitudes, Dual process models, Implicit attitudes, Marriage, Mood
Date of Defense
April 2, 2019.
Submitted Note
A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Advisory Committee
James K. McNulty, Professor Directing Thesis; Andrea L. Meltzer, Committee Member; Greg Hajcak, Committee Member.
Publisher
Florida State University
Identifier
2019_Spring_Turner_fsu_0071N_15068
Turner, J. A. (2019). It's Not You, It's Me: Implicitly Assessed Partner Attitudes Predict Mood but Not Interpersonal Evaluations. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/2019_Spring_Turner_fsu_0071N_15068