So cool, Annayah! Another fascinating piece of work.

This is incredible, congrats Marta and collaborators! What a great example of team science!

Featuring great work from @gmacdonalduoft.bsky.social @elainehoan.bsky.social @drmaximiliane.bsky.social @bdennett.bsky.social @ygirme.bsky.social & bluesky-less others!

💚 Gratitude to my co-authors, Nickola Overall & @francerighe.bsky.social for their unwavering commitment to this work, Johan Karremans, Lara Kammrath, Kim Lien van der Schans, Valerie Chang,& @dsquared.bsky.social for their expertise, & VU Social Psych who supported this international project. 5/5

Lots of research has examined the effects of mindfulness, including in relationships, generally showing benefits. This study shows that one way that mindfulness can shape relationships is by reducing men's tendency to overestimate their partner's negative emotions during difficult conversations. 4/5

But we found important individual differences: more mindful people, especially men, were less likely to overestimate their partner's anger, meaning that mindfulness helped men perceive their partner's emotions more realistically. 3/5

In two studies, couples came to the lab and engaged in a conversation about an issue in their relationship. We then asked each partner how angry & upset they felt, and how angry & upset they thought their partner felt. On average, people tend to overestimate their partner's negative emotions. 2/5

Amazing, congrats Simon!

😆 I like this logic!

Nice! Looks like we had the same idea, great minds...😉
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Added!

Added! @ijzerman.bsky.social

#relationshipscience folks, le me know if you would like to be added! Slowly building back our community on here @academic-chatter.bsky.social @josoperrel.bsky.social

Thanks for doing this, Mark! I started one for relationship science researchers for those interested.

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👋 Social psychologist and relationships researcher here. Would like to be added. Thanks for your work organising this, Mark!