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The role of interpersonal perception in dyadic adjustment
Author(s) -
Creamer Mark,
Campbell Ian M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198805)44:3<424::aid-jclp2270440318>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - psychology , similarity (geometry) , interpersonal perception , spouse , perception , interpersonal relationship , interpersonal communication , social psychology , empathy , dyad , hogan , social perception , scale (ratio) , developmental psychology , neuroscience , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , sociology , anthropology , image (mathematics)
The discrepancy between the way individuals perceive themselves and the way they are perceived by their partners has been proposed as an indicator of dyadic adjustment. The present study employed the CPI to investigate the relation of interpersonal perception within dyads and real similarity of spouses to marital satisfaction. The subjects were 20 married couples. Support was provided for the use of the real similarity‐assumed similarity‐accuracy paradigm in studies of interpersonal perception. No sex differences were found in the ability of individuals to predict their spouse's responses on the CPI. Accuracy of prediction was correlated significantly with scores on the Hogan Empathy scale for males, but not for females. Conversely, accuracy was related significantly to dyadic adjustment in the case of females, but not males. Real similarity also was correlated positively with dyadic adjustment. Avenues for further research are suggested.