Rusbult Templeton Forgiveness Michelangelo Longitudinal Study, 2000-2001

3-wave longitudinal study of married couples (both partners) assessed every 4 months (8 months in total), with a very brief follow-up (4 months later), with a very short follow-up measure 4 months later. The objective of the project was to study both forgiveness and Michelangelo (partner affirmation of ideal self) over time in marital sample. A wide range of diverse measurements were assessed, making this dataset suitable for investigating a wide variety of topics, and not just on forgiveness or the Michelangelo phenomenon. See the long list of publications that have already used this dataset. Measures include those related to the ideal self and goal support (e.g., some Michelangelo phenomenon measures), forgiveness (e.g., betrayal, forgiveness, and accommodation), general relationship processes and well-being (e.g., commitment, trust, DAS, perceived partner responsiveness, etc.), and general self processes (e.g., personal well-being, some health measures, self-esteem, narcissism, etc.) Many of the Michelangelo measures, forgiveness, and relationship measures also had both partners complete measures about their own behavior as well as equivalent perceived partner behaviors. Please see the separate measures list for details. There were 79 couples at Wave 1, 69 at Wave 2, and 55 couples at Wave 3. Couples came into the lab and completed a variety of measures and participated in video-taped conversation about a betrayal incident (all time points) and about an important goal related to the ideal self (T2 and T3). Couples also took part in a very brief mailed-in-survey at T4 about Michelangelo-related conversation follow-up.