Hand-in-Hand Combat: Affectionate Touch Promotes Relational Well-Being and Buffers Stress During Conflict
Hand-in-Hand Combat: Affectionate Touch Promotes Relational Well-Being and Buffers Stress During Conflict
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DOI：
10.1177/0146167218788556
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发表时间：
2019-03-01
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4
通讯作者：
Feeney, Brooke C.
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作者：
Jakubiak, Brittany K.;Feeney, Brooke C.
关系冲突对关系和个人的幸福感有相当大的影响，但这种影响是积极的还是消极的取决于如何管理冲突。个人很难有建设性的冲突来保护他们的关系，避免过度的压力，这可能会导致关系质量随着时间的推移而下降。目前的一组实验测试了短暂的触摸干预是否会促进夫妻关系的幸福，并在夫妻冲突讨论期间防止压力。结果表明，在冲突前和冲突中进行触摸可以有效地改善夫妻冲突行为，并在现实(实验1)和想象(实验2a和2b)情境中缓冲压力。这些实验的结果表明，触摸可能是一种简单但有效的干预措施，可以改善夫妻之间的冲突讨论。此外，我们提供的初步证据表明，增强的国家安全和认知相互依赖是这些影响的基础机制。
Relational conflict has a considerable impact on relational and personal well-being, but whether that impact is positive or negative depends on how the conflict is managed. Individuals struggle to have constructive conflicts that protect their relationships and avoid excess stress, which can lead to declines in relationship quality over time. The current set of experiments tested whether a brief touch intervention would promote relational well-being and prevent stress during couple conflict discussions. Results indicated that engaging in touch prior to and during conflict was effective to improve couple-members' conflict behavior and to buffer stress in real (Experiment 1) and imagined (Experiments 2a and 2b) contexts. The results of these experiments suggest that touch may be a simple yet effective intervention for improving couple conflict discussions. In addition, we provide initial evidence that enhanced state security and cognitive interdependence serve as mechanisms underlying these effects.