Do people know how they impact their Partner’s goal pursuit? Accuracy, bias, and associations with relationship outcomes
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Published online on March 16, 2026
Abstract
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Ahead of Print.
We examined accuracy and bias in perceptions of one’s instrumentality to and obstruction of daily partner goal pursuit, and associations of mean-level bias with daily relationship outcomes. Daily reports (N= 2,377) from cohabiting couples (N= 106 ...
We examined accuracy and bias in perceptions of one’s instrumentality to and obstruction of daily partner goal pursuit, and associations of mean-level bias with daily relationship outcomes. Daily reports (N= 2,377) from cohabiting couples (N= 106 ...