TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - Responding to Partners’ Expression of Anger: The Role of Communal Motivation JO - Personality and social psychology bulletin A1 - Yoo, Seung Hee A1 - Clark, Margaret S. A1 - Lemay, Edward P. A1 - Salovey, Peter A1 - Monin, Joan K. SP - 229 EP - 241 VL - 37 IS - 2 N2 - The effects of communal motivation on reactions to relationship partners’ expressed anger were examined. In Study 1, married couples reported on the communal strength of their marriage, their expressions of anger to their spouse, and relationship satisfaction. In Study 2, college students reported on the communal strength of their best friendships, those friends’ expressions of anger, and their evaluations of and provision of support to those friends. In Study 3, communal motivation toward a stranger who expressed mild anger was manipulated and evaluation of that stranger was measured. In all three studies, low communal motivation was associated with more negative evaluations of angry partners, lower relationship satisfaction, and, in Study 2, lower support provision. In contrast, when communal motivation was high, these decreases either did not occur (Studies 1 and 3) or were diminished (Study 2), and in Study 2, partners’ anger was associated with increased provision of social support.

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