Effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during COVID-19
The present study aims to examine whether thinking styles (i.e. dialectical thinking vs. non-dialectical thinking) affect people’s romantic relationship satisfaction in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Additionally, we aim to find out if gratitude plays a mediating ro...
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| author | Lim, Clara Zhi Ning |
| author2 | Albert Lee Kai Chung |
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| description | The present study aims to examine whether thinking styles (i.e. dialectical thinking vs. non-dialectical thinking) affect people’s romantic relationship satisfaction in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Additionally, we aim to find out if gratitude plays a mediating role in relationship satisfaction. Participants were aged between 21 to 63 years (M = 28.5, SD = 10.22), and most of them were of Chinese ethnicity (89.5%). It was hypothesised that participants who were primed to think more dialectically, as compared to those who were not, would be more (1) grateful, (2) satisfied with their romantic relationship, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, it is also hypothesised that (3) dialecticism would predict gratitude which would, in turn, predict people’s romantic relationship satisfaction in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were experimentally primed with dialectical thinking using a recall-writing task. According to the results of the analyses, all three hypotheses were supported. Some possible reasons behind this observation, limitations, as well as directions for future research, are discussed in this paper.
Keywords: Dialecticism; gratitude; romantic relationship satisfaction, COVID-19 pandemic, Singaporean sample.
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1491772023-03-05T15:46:20Z Effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during COVID-19 Lim, Clara Zhi Ning Albert Lee Kai Chung School of Social Sciences AlbertLee@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology The present study aims to examine whether thinking styles (i.e. dialectical thinking vs. non-dialectical thinking) affect people’s romantic relationship satisfaction in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Additionally, we aim to find out if gratitude plays a mediating role in relationship satisfaction. Participants were aged between 21 to 63 years (M = 28.5, SD = 10.22), and most of them were of Chinese ethnicity (89.5%). It was hypothesised that participants who were primed to think more dialectically, as compared to those who were not, would be more (1) grateful, (2) satisfied with their romantic relationship, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, it is also hypothesised that (3) dialecticism would predict gratitude which would, in turn, predict people’s romantic relationship satisfaction in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were experimentally primed with dialectical thinking using a recall-writing task. According to the results of the analyses, all three hypotheses were supported. Some possible reasons behind this observation, limitations, as well as directions for future research, are discussed in this paper. Keywords: Dialecticism; gratitude; romantic relationship satisfaction, COVID-19 pandemic, Singaporean sample. Bachelor of Arts in Psychology 2021-05-28T03:25:12Z 2021-05-28T03:25:12Z 2021 Final Year Project (FYP) Lim, C. Z. N. (2021). Effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during COVID-19. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149177 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149177 en RG46/20 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology Lim, Clara Zhi Ning Effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during COVID-19 |
| title | Effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during COVID-19 |
| title_full | Effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during COVID-19 |
| title_short | Effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during COVID-19 |
| title_sort | effect of dialectical thinking on romantic relationship satisfaction during covid 19 |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology::Experimental psychology |
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