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Actor's And Partner's Self-Discrepancy As Moderators Of The Relationship Between Negative Events And Reflected Appraisals: A Daily Diary Study Examining The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model In African American Couples, Natalie J. Hallinger
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Self-worth influences how individuals perceive the health of their romantic relationships
in response to adverse experiences, especially interpersonal threats. Though explicit
self-esteem is often used as an indicator of self-worth in investigations of relationship
functioning after interpersonal threats, particularly those focusing on perceptions of felt
love and acceptance, actual:ideal self-discrepancy is an evaluative aspect of the self
that may have more direct impacts on romantic relationship functioning after negative
events that are unrelated to the relationship. Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence
Model to analyze dyadic data from 150 African American couples using multilevel
regression models, the current study’s results were contrary …