Dyadic power, marital status, face concerns, and politeness in the context of relational complaining

Timothy R. Worley; Jennifer A. Samp

doi:10.1177/0265407518765988

Dyadic power, marital status, face concerns, and politeness in the context of relational complaining

Timothy R. Worley, Jennifer A. Samp

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Abstract

This study examined the role of dyadic power, marital status, and face concerns in shaping the politeness strategies dating and married partners use to express complaints toward one another. Two hundred sixty-one romantically involved individuals completed a survey through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Power was a more salient predictor of politeness strategies for dating than for married individuals, and concern for partners’ face (but not one’s own) mediated several of the associations between power and complaint strategies.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1367-1391
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Volume	36
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518765988
State	Published - Apr 1 2019

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Social Psychology
Communication
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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Worley, T. R., & Samp, J. A. (2019). Dyadic power, marital status, face concerns, and politeness in the context of relational complaining. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(4), 1367-1391. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518765988

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