Associations Between Relational Pronouns during Marital Conflict and Marital Satisfaction

A laboratory-based study of 27 married couples (N = 54) showed that husbands’ usage of communal pronouns (i.e., “We” words) during a marital conflict discussion was positively associated with marital satisfaction. Associations were specific to communal pronouns (not found for individualistic pronouns) and husbands (not found for wives).