What role do financial worries play in close relationship functioning? In this research, we examine how financial worry – negative thoughts and feelings about finances – is associated with perceived relationship behaviors. Participants recalled how their partner acted during a recent disagreement (Study 1, N = 97 couples) or recalled the frequency of positive and negative behaviors enacted by their partner during the previous week (Study 2, N = 99 couples). Feeling more worried about finances was associated with recalling less supportive behavior from one’s partner at the disagreement (Study 1) and with perceiving more negative behaviors from one’s partner in the last week (Study 2). Truth and Bias Model analyses suggest that part of this link may be attributed to biased perceptions, as the link between financial worry and perceiving more negative behaviors persisted even after controlling for participants’ own reported behaviors (i.e., accounting for similarity) and for their partner’s own reported behaviors (i.e., accounting for accurate perceptions). In sum, financial worry is linked to how partners notice and interpret a loved one’s actions within their relationship.

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当担心财务问题时，个人如何看待伴侣的关系行为

财务担忧在亲密关系的运作中扮演什么角色？在这项研究中，我们研究了财务担忧（对财务的负面想法和感受）如何与感知的关系行为相关。参与者回忆起他们的伴侣在最近的分歧中的行为方式（研究1，N = 97对夫妇）或回忆起他们的伴侣在上周发生的积极和消极行为的频率（研究2，N = 99对夫妇）。对财务感到更加担忧与回忆起伴侣在分歧时较少支持的行为（研究 1）以及感知伴侣在上周的负面行为较多（研究 2）有关。真相与偏见模型分析表明，这种联系的部分原因可能是由于偏见的看法，因为即使在控制了参与者自己报告的行为（即考虑相似性）及其伴侣的行为之后，财务担忧与感知更多负面行为之间的联系仍然存在。自己报告的行为（即解释准确的看法）。总之，财务担忧与伴侣如何注意和解释亲人在关系中的行为有关。