Language and interpersonal cognition: Causal effects of variations in pronoun usage on perceptions of closeness
Language and interpersonal cognition: Causal effects of variations in pronoun usage on perceptions of closeness
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DOI：
10.1177/0146167203262852
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发表时间：
2004-05-01
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
Kay, AC
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作者：
Fitzsimons, GM;Kay, AC
四项研究检验了这一假设，即微妙的语言变化可以对关系的感知产生因果影响。在人际交往中，语言可以隐含地反映、延续和传达关系感知。以往的研究表明，人际关系密切和复数代词的使用是相关的，目前的研究表明，操纵代词的使用可以导致人们感知自己和其他关系更密切，更高的质量。在研究1中，阅读了使用代词“我们”与“她”和“我”描述的关系的参与者认为这种关系更紧密，质量更高。研究2表明，代词的变化同样影响了参与者自己的持续关系的看法;研究3显示了类似的影响，实际的人际交往的看法。研究4探讨了这种影响的潜在机制。
Four studies examined the hypothesis that subtle language variations can have a causal impact on perceptions of relationships. In interpersonal interactions, language can function implicitly to reflect, perpetuate, and communicate relationship perceptions. Previous research has shown that interpersonal closeness and plural pronoun use are correlated; the current research demonstrates that manipulating pronoun use can lead people to perceive their own and other relationships as closer and higher in quality. In Study 1, participants who read about a relationship that was described using the Pronoun we versus she and I perceived the relationship to be closer and of higher quality. Study 2 showed that pronoun variations similarly affected perceptions of participants' own ongoing relationships; Study 3 showed similar effects for perceptions of an actual interpersonal interaction. Study 4 examined potential mechanisms of this effect.