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=

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.