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One possibility is that socially anxious people may be less responsive to received capitalization support.
However, an unexpected finding emerged where the partners of people with greater social anxiety felt an abundance of received capitalization support following a laboratory interaction.
In contrast, partners of people with greater social anxiety felt an abundance of received capitalization support following a laboratory interaction, suggesting an asymmetry in how socially anxious partners behave or are perceived.
Similarly, when the benefits of being in a romantic relationship with a socially anxious person were minimal, in terms of received capitalization support, partners experienced reductions in satisfaction and commitment over a 6-month period.
Using a trait measure to capture how partners typically provide support to one another, we found an actor effect on received capitalization support (PRCA scale), β = −.17, t = −2.61, p = .01.01
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When a person shares a positive event, they hope to receive capitalization support (receipt).
Similarly, partners of people with greater social anxiety reported greater declines in relationship commitment when they believed they were not receiving capitalization support (−1 SD from the mean), β = −.49, t = −3.04, p = .003; when people believed they were receiving capitalization support (+1 SD from the mean), there was no social anxiety effect, p > .10.10
As shown in Fig. 1, partners of people with greater social anxiety reported greater declines in relationship satisfaction when they believed they were not receiving capitalization support (−1 SD from the mean), β = −.54, t = −2.71, p = .007; when people believed they were receiving capitalization support (+1 SD from the mean), there was no social anxiety effect, p > .10.10
As hypothesized, people with greater social anxiety felt they received less capitalization support (actor effect), β = −.18, t = −2.16, p = .03 after sharing their positive event.
When socially anxious people were in the role of providing support to their partners, we found that their partners felt they received more capitalization support (partner effect), β = .18, t = 2.05, p = .04.04
Facial expressions were also happier for people receiving supportive capitalization responses.
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