PSY424H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Major Depressive Disorder, Longitudinal Study, Agreeableness
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Psy424 - lecture 7: breaking up romantic deterioration and dissolution. Who sees it coming? (macdonald & ross, 1999) Recruited students in relationships (and their roommates & parents) First study was a phone interview, and second was a written questionnaire. Students asked about their relationship (satisfaction, love, serious, be together in 2 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 year, 5 year) Roommates and parents less likely to be optimistic about the relationship. All rated relationship quality, then predicted relationship longevity. Students were most optimistic & most confident in their predictions, but were the least accurate; their roommates were more accurate than parents about whether it would last. The students" reports of quality most predictive of longevity compared to parents/roommate predictions. When the relationship was happy and fulfilling, relationship is more likely to last. Will your relationship last hopeful answer; quality of relationship more accurate/balance answer. : participants were 18 years old and either married/engaged/exclusive and.
