Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
1-2023
Abstract
Perceived reactions to sharing of good news (capitalization), can have important implications for romantic relationships. Typically, when European Americans perceive that their partners respond in an active constructive (versus passive and/or destructive,) manner, they tend to perceive their partners as more responsive and report higher relationship quality. However, cross-cultural differences in norms can influence peoples’ preference for different capitalization responses and whether different capitalization responses convey partner responsiveness. In a combined sample of European Americans, East, and South Asians (N = 915), we investigated whether links among capitalization responses, perceived partner responsiveness, and relationship quality differed by culture. People who perceived active constructive and passive destructive responses reported higher and lower levels of partner responsiveness and relationship satisfaction, respectively. Further, European Americans who perceived active destructive, and European Americans and East Asians who perceived passive constructive, responses, reported less partners responsiveness and relationship satisfaction. South Asians who perceived passive constructive responses reported greater partner responsiveness and relationship satisfaction. East and South Asians who perceived active destructive responses did not differ in relationship satisfaction. Our findings provide a cross-cultural perspective on the study of romantic couples’ positive event disclosure and expand capitalization research to an understudied sample of South Asians.
Keywords
Perceived responses to capitalization attempts, close relationships, cross-cultural, good news sharing
Discipline
Applied Behavior Analysis | Asian Studies | Social Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Journal of Positive Psychology
First Page
1
Last Page
14
ISSN
1743-9760
Identifier
10.1080/17439760.2023.2169629
Publisher
Taylor and Francis Group
Citation
SIM, Lester, IP, Ka I., ASCIGIL, Esra, & EDELSTEIN, Robin S..(2023). Cross-cultural differences in supportive responses to positive event disclosure. Journal of Positive Psychology, , 1-14.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3739
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Authors
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2023.2169629