TY - JOUR
T1 - Yours, mine, and ours
T2 - Mutual attributions for nonverbal behaviors in couples' interactions
AU - Manusov, Valerie
AU - Floyd, Kory
AU - Kerssen-Griep, Jeff
PY - 1997/6
Y1 - 1997/6
N2 - In this article, we argue that nonverbal cues act much like other behaviors in triggering attribution making in couples' interactions. In a test of this contention with 60 couples, we found that negative behaviors were more likely than positive nonverbal cues to be noticed, satisfaction was related to attributions for positive behaviors, mutual attributions for the same behaviors differed significantly, and self-other attributional differences were enhanced by relational satisfaction. These results extend previous applications of attribution theory by providing some validation for the use of attribution theories with nonverbal behaviors and by showing that attribution making occurs in a way that reflects the mutually occurring, dyadic level of interpersonal communication.
AB - In this article, we argue that nonverbal cues act much like other behaviors in triggering attribution making in couples' interactions. In a test of this contention with 60 couples, we found that negative behaviors were more likely than positive nonverbal cues to be noticed, satisfaction was related to attributions for positive behaviors, mutual attributions for the same behaviors differed significantly, and self-other attributional differences were enhanced by relational satisfaction. These results extend previous applications of attribution theory by providing some validation for the use of attribution theories with nonverbal behaviors and by showing that attribution making occurs in a way that reflects the mutually occurring, dyadic level of interpersonal communication.
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U2 - 10.1177/009365097024003002
DO - 10.1177/009365097024003002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031485789
SN - 0093-6502
VL - 24
SP - 234
EP - 260
JO - Communication Research
JF - Communication Research
IS - 3
ER -