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Word choice during a cooperative task and romantic partners’ relationship quality

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Word choice during a cooperative task and romantic partners’ relationship quality
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Wood
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Emily Victoria
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Emily Wood
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Charlotte
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Charlotte Markey
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Richard Epstein
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Luis Garcia
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Rutgers University
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degree grantor
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Camden Graduate School
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2012
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2012-05
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eng
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Functional word choice in conversation may reveal a speaker’s implicit feelings towards his or her interaction partner. In the present study, 89 emerging adult couples (n=178) representing various relationship statuses (dating, cohabitating, and married) were videotaped while completing a cooperative task. The couples were ethnically diverse and in relatively new relationships (mean length of relationship= 3.7 years). Pronoun use during the conversation was analyzed using Linguistic Inventory Word Count (Pennebaker et al, 2001) and correlated with relationship quality at the time of the interview, and correlated with a one year follow-up of relationship success and relationship quality. Findings reveal a few important correlations between pronouns used and relationship quality and success. Additionally, this research successfully extends past research by examining young couples in a cooperative task, rather than conflict, and by examining the predictive power of separateness versus togetherness pronoun use in attempts to understand relationship quality.
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Psychology
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English language--Pronoun
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Relationship quality
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English language--Usage
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English language--Social aspects
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Interpersonal communication
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Camden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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vi, 60 p. : ill.
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M.A.
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by Emily Victoria Wood
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doi:10.7282/T3NK3CCG
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ETD graduate
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Wood
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Emily
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2012-05-06 12:39:54
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