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Feeling good and feeling close: Affective influences on the perception of intimate relationships
Author(s) -
FORGAS JOSEPH P.,
LEVINGER GEORGE,
MOYLAN STEPHANIE J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6811.1994.tb00060.x
Subject(s) - psychology , feeling , mood , perception , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , cognition , communication , neuroscience
Two experiments investigated the role of short‐term affective states on the way people perceive various aspects of their personal relationships. Using an unobtrusive mood induction in a field setting, Experiment 1 found significant mood congruency in evaluative judgments about well‐established intimate relationships. Experiment 2 used a controlled laboratory procedure and found that evaluations of the relationship and the partner, as well as preferred styles of conflict resolution were all significantly affected by the respondents' transient mood state. Increasing relationship longevity did not reduce affective influences on judgments in either study. The results arc discussed in terms of the role of affective states in cognition and judgments, and the influence of affect on everyday judgments about personal relationships is considered.