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- Abstract
- Shared Reality Theory
- Generalized Shared Reality
- Operationalizing SR-G
- Self-Reported SR-G
- Behavioral Signatures of SR-G
- Examining the Uniqueness of SR-G as an Interpersonal Construct
- Joint Attention to the World Outside of the Relationship
- Epistemic Motives
- Overview of Studies
- Studies 1a–1d
- Method
- Participants
- Materials and procedure
- Established close relationship measures
- Generalized shared reality (SR-G; Studies 1a–1d)
- Perceived general similarity (Study 1d; α = .95)
- Merged minds (Study 1d)
- Results
- SR-G confirmatory factor analysis
- Convergent validity
- Uniqueness of SR-G items
- Predicting merged minds
- Discussion
- Studies 2a–2c
- Method
- Participants
- Procedure
- Materials
- SR-G
- IOS (1-item)
- Results
- Within-person correlations
- Analytic approach
- IOS
- Discussion
- Study 3
- Method
- Participants
- Procedure
- Measures
- SR-G
- Observational coding of SR-G behavioral signatures (α = .83; see Appendix B for detail and examples)
- Self-reported SR-G
- Relational variables (see Table 3 for descriptive statistics and reliability)
- Clicking
- Closeness (McAuley, Duncan, & Tammen, 1989)
- Rapport
- Desire to interact again
- Epistemic variables (see Table 3 for descriptive statistics and reliability)
- Epistemic trust
- Joint sense-making
- Perceived attitude convergence
- Certainty
- Control variables
- IOS
- Perceived partner responsiveness (α = .93)
- Perceived general similarity (α = .98)
- Perceived agreement about a target
- Results
- Discussion
- Study 4
- Method
- Participants
- Procedure
- Sensory experience overlap feedback manipulation
- Ten-min conversation
- Joint decision-making task
- Measures
- Online presurvey (baseline close relationship variables)
- Measures collected after experimental manipulation and shared image viewing experience (prior to conversation)
- Mood (control variable)
- Attention check: Recall of sensory style overlap
- Manipulation check (α = .85)
- Conversational linguistic measures
- Latent semantic similarity
- Word count (control variable)
- Observational coding
- SR-G behavioral signatures [10-min conversation] (α = .98)
- References: Dyad-specific, personal, and generic [10-min conversation]
- Positivity [10-min conversation] (control variable; α = .80)
- Joint decision-making task (image selection)
- Results
- Analysis strategy
- Manipulation check: Being on the same “wavelength” during shared image-viewing experience
- Mood (PANAS) – control variable
- Shared reality reaffirmation behaviors
- Discussion
- General Discussion
- Contribution to Interpersonal Relationships Literature
- Contribution to Shared Reality Literature
- Future Directions
- Concluding Comment
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Appendix C