Assessing Implicit Motivational Orientations in Couple Relationships: The Partner-Related Agency and Communion Test (PACT)

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作者
Hagemeyer, Birk [1 ]
Neyer, Franz J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Jena, Inst Psychol, D-07745 Jena, Germany
关键词
implicit motives; communion; agency; couple relationships; actor-partner interdependence model; SOCIAL MOTIVES; INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES; ATTACHMENT SECURITY; SELF-DETERMINATION; NEED FULFILLMENT; TAT MEASURES; INTIMACY; GOALS; POWER; ACHIEVEMENT;
D O I
10.1037/a0024822
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
The Partner-Related Agency and Communion Test (PACT) was developed to measure implicit agentic and communal needs in the domain of couple relationships through content analyses of fantasy stories. Study 1 (N = 125) confirmed that the new thematic coding system captured experimentally induced differences in partner-related motivation and showed expected relations with D. G. Winter's (1994) motive scoring system. Study 2 confirmed the discriminant and incremental validity of the implicit partner-related needs compared with self-report measures of the Big Five traits and adult attachment in a sample of 499 couples. In addition, dyadic analyses revealed expected associations of the partner-related needs with relationship satisfaction as experienced by oneself and by one's partner. The studies lend initial support to the validity of the relationship-specific needs for agency and communion as assessed by the PACT and introduce dyadic data analyses to the study of implicit motives.
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