Do social motivation effects extend beyond the individual? The convergence process of social approach motivation in dyadic relationships

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  • 社会的動機は個人を超えて影響をもつか？ダイアド関係における社会的接近動機の収束プロセス
  • シャカイテキドウキ ワ コジン オ コエテ エイキョウ オ モツ カ? ダイアド カンケイ ニ オケル シャカイテキ セッキンドウキ ノ シュウソク プロセス

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<p>In dyadic relationships, individuals with approach motivation seek to achieve positive outcomes from interactions with partners, whereas individuals with avoidance motivation seek to prevent negative outcomes. Yet, it remains unclear whether a partner’s social motivation affects that of the other. Previous studies have nevertheless suggested that interactions prompted by individuals with approach motivation attune to that of their partners’. We thus predicted that if individuals with strong approach motivation behaved according to that approach’s goals (i.e., intrapersonal process), then their partners would perceive themselves to also have stronger approach motivation (i.e., interpersonal process) as well, relative to a partner with weaker approach motivation. We therefore conducted a panel survey of 55 Japanese student dyads over two times, in April and May. Longitudinal actor–partner interdependence model analyses revealed the convergence process of both parties’ level of approach motivation. Accordingly, interdependence processes in close dyadic relationships may not only transform motivation but enhance it as well.</p>

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