Truth and bias in daily judgments of support receipt between romantic partners

• DOI: 10.1111/pere.12110
• Publication Date: 2016-01-14T14:49:54Z
• Authors: ERAN BAR‐KALIFA; ESHKOL RAFAELI; HARAN SENED
• Keywords: Receipt; Romance

Abstract The perception that a partner is supportive, tied to beneficial relational and personal outcomes, may be shaped by reality (the partner's actual support) but often also biased. Using T. V. West D. A. Kenny's (2011) truth‐and‐bias model, the balance between truth one bias type—the tendency maintain perceived mutuality projecting one's own supportiveness onto partner—was examined. It was hypothesized this will altered behavior's psychological significance scope of behavior being judged. In 35‐day diary, 80 couples reported provided emotional/practical support. Participants' judgments included less biased projection when they addressed behaviors lower emotional or greater contextual specificity.