AUTHOR=Hinnekens Céline , Lemmens Gilbert , Vanhee Gaëlle , Verhofstadt Lesley 

TITLE=A Pronoun Analysis of Couples’ Support Transactions

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00077

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00077

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>The present study collected data about couples’ level of relationship quality and their usage of pronouns that express we-ness or separateness in the context of support interactions. The sample consisted of 48 couples in a long-term relationship who provided questionnaire data and participated in two videotaped social support interaction tasks. Couples’ videotaped interactions were subsequently coded for the number of personal pronouns—we-words (e.g., we, ours, ourselves) versus you and me-words (e.g., me, mine, you, yours)—used by both partners.</p>