APS
2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023
We-Pronouns and Relationship Satisfaction: The Importance of Context in Text Analysis
- Diana Heath
University of California, Berkeley - Claire Yee
Mayo Clinic - Yuxuan Chen
Stanford University - Kuan-Hua Chen
University of Nebraska - Turner Griffin
University of California, Berkeley - Enoch Min
University of California, Berkeley - Nadia Polizotto
University of California, Berkeley - Sophia Rougraff
New York University - Zutima Tuladhar
Northwestern University - Robert Levenson
University of California, Berkeley
Abstract
Greater use of "we" pronouns during dyadic conversations has been associated with greater relationship satisfaction. Using text analysis with a sample of couples including people with dementia and their primary caregivers we only found this association when simple counts of pronoun frequencies were adjusted using contextual information (e.g., eliminating dysfluencies).
Communication
