Dyadic power, marital status, face concerns, and politeness in the context of relational complaining. (April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Worley, Timothy R.; Samp, Jennifer A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of social and personal relationships. Volume 36:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 1367
• Page End: 1391
• Publication Date: 2019-04
• Subjects: Complaining -- dating relationships -- dyadic power theory -- face -- interpersonal communication -- marital relationships -- politeness -- politeness theory -- power; Interpersonal relations -- Periodicals; Social interaction -- Periodicals; 302.05
• DOI: 10.1177/0265407518765988
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0265-4075

Abstract

This study examined the role of dyadic power, marital status, and face concerns in shaping the politeness strategies dating and married partners use to express complaints toward one another. Two hundred sixty-one romantically involved individuals completed a survey through Amazon Mechanical Turk. Power was a more salient predictor of politeness strategies for dating than for married individuals, and concern for partners' face (but not one's own) mediated several of the associations between power and complaint strategies.