"You've woken up today in the best of moods possible, excited about spending a weekend day doing nothing but spending time with your partner. Your partner is not only your best friend but also the one person in the world whom you want to be with the most. It's going to be a great day! Much to your dismay, you don't sense this enthusiasm reflected in your partner's demeanor."
"According to a new study by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz psychologist Louisa Scheling and colleagues (2025), a quality known as "state relationship satisfaction" can be used to describe the way that people feel toward their relationship (and each other) at any given moment. Overall or "trait" satisfaction is most often what researchers study, but it's this more variable quality that they should be looking at as well."
Long-term couples experience both stable trait levels of satisfaction and day-to-day state variations. Daily matching of moods between partners influences overall relationship health over time. Perceived responsiveness of one's partner is the top predictor of variability in state satisfaction. State relationship satisfaction captures momentary feelings toward the partner and relationship, which can differ from abstract trait ratings. Synchrony between partners correlates with greater happiness, though synchrony may be a cause or consequence of higher happiness. Measuring state-level satisfaction reveals dynamics that trait measures can overlook.
#mood-synchrony #state-relationship-satisfaction #perceived-partner-responsiveness #daily-variability
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