Merged minds: Generalized shared reality in dyadic relationships.
Abstract
-the subjective experience of sharing a set of inner states (e.g., thoughts, feelings, or beliefs) in common with a particular interaction partner about the world in general, including the world external to the relationship. Across 9 studies, we use mixed methods to investigate the unique role of generalized shared reality in interpersonal interactions, both between close partners and strangers. We hypothesize that generalized shared reality predicts how people connect with each other and perceive the world around them. We also investigate the observable, dyadic behavioral signatures of generalized shared reality in interpersonal interactions. Finally, we examine the motivation to uphold an existing sense of generalized shared reality. We hypothesize that couples high on baseline generalized shared reality exhibit motivated, dyadic interaction behaviors to reaffirm their generalized shared reality in the face of experimentally manipulated threat. By identifying a unique dimension of everyday interactions, these studies aim to capture a critical aspect of the lived subjective experience of human relationships that has not been captured before. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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Maya Rossignac‐Milon, Niall P. Bolger, Katherine S. Zee, Erica J. Boothby, Edward Tory Higgins (2020). Merged minds: Generalized shared reality in dyadic relationships.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000266
@article{maya2020merged,
title = {Merged minds: Generalized shared reality in dyadic relationships.},
author = {Rossignac‐Milon, Maya and Bolger, Niall P. and Zee, Katherine S. and Boothby, Erica J. and Higgins, Edward Tory},
year = {2020},
journal = {Journal of Personality and Social Psychology},
doi = {10.1037/pspi0000266}
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