Trait Perspective Taking and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis

Title
Trait Perspective Taking and Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis
Publication Date
2020-04-30
Author(s)
Cahill, Vanessa A
Malouff, John M
Little, Callie W
Schutte, Nicola S
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-7659
Email: nschutte@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nschutte
Abstract
Supplemental materials: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000661.supp
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1037/fam0000661
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/29454
Abstract
This meta-analysis evaluated the association between trait perspective taking and romantic relationship satisfaction. The study synthesized the association in 20 separate samples in a total of 18 published and unpublished studies, involving a total of 4,678 participants. The studies were completed by many different research teams, using different samples, different measures, and various correlational research designs. The results showed a significant association between trait perspective taking and romantic relationship satisfaction (r = .21, 95% confidence intervals [.17, .25]). The results did not vary significantly with whether the respondents were men or women, whether they rated their own perspective taking or that of their partner, or whether the perspective taking assessed was general or specific to the partner. The findings provide a basis for future intervention studies that test whether increasing perspective taking has a positive effect on relationship satisfaction.
Link
Citation
Journal of Family Psychology, 34(8), p. 1025-1035
ISSN
1939-1293
0893-3200
Start page
1025
End page
1035

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