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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Novel Activities Boost Relationship Satisfaction through Felt Security

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Social

  • Kassandra Cortes
    Lazaridis School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Emily Britton
    University of Waterloo
  • Abigail Scholer
    University of Waterloo
  • John Holmes
    University of Waterloo

Abstract

Past research has established that when couples engage in novel tasks together, they experience a boost in relationship satisfaction. Using an experimental design with romantic dyads in the lab, the current work examined and found support for felt security as a mechanism for this effect.

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