Partner Regulation and Gratitude - Cross-Sectional, 2019

A total of 486 participants (58.8% women, 40.5% men, 0.6% non-binary) in a romantic relationship were recruited from the online Prolific Academic platform. To be eligible for the study, participants were required to be at least 18 years old and to have been involved in their romantic relationship for at least one year. The average relationship length was 8.69 years (SD = 8.27) and the majority of participants (75.5%) were in committed and unmarried relationships, 23.2% married, and 1.4% did not report their relationship type. Participants’ average age was 32.16 years (SD = 10.15, range = 18-75), and they identified as 85.0% heterosexual, 9.3% bisexual, 1.6% gay, 1.6% pansexual, 1% lesbian, 0.4% asexual, 0.2% other, (0.8% preferred not to say), and as 75.7% White, 8.8% Asian/Pacific Islander, 7.2% Hispanic or Latinx, 2.5% Black or African American, 0.6% Indigenous, and 5.1% as another racial/ethnic identity. Participants completed measures about a change their romantic partner asked them to make, including their motivations for making efforts toward these changes, attributions for the change request, how their partner requests change, and the gratitude they receive from their partner for their efforts.