Having many more negative
interactions than positive ones may have you questioning your relationship.
If there are more negative
interactions than positive ones, it is important to think about what is happening in your life and how you could make it less stressful.
One way to tell is whether you have more negative everyday
interactions than positive ones, says Diana Kirschner, PhD, author of Sealing the Deal: The Love Mentor's Guide To Lasting Love.
Not exact matches
Studies have found you have no more
than three days of top - of - mind awareness after a
positive interaction with a customer, and that it is during those three days that customers are most likely to refer.
Gallup surveys show that when people have
positive interactions and close friends on the job, they will be significantly more engaged in their work (not to mention more productive and effective)
than those who do not.
It's much easier to get more business from a current customer
than it is to obtain a brand new one, so leverage their
positive experiences to create more
interactions.
Brands must work harder
than ever to tie product and experience innovation, and design of the daily enjoyment of a brand's experiences and offerings, to trust - building measures such as transparency, fairness, empathy, authenticity, co-creation, a consistent history of
positive interactions and shared values that inform every brand action.
A poorly designed or disorganized website is likely to do more to distract and push away users
than it is to inspire
positive interaction.
The way of distinction, therefore, puts a
positive valuation on the time - space continuum and, though it sees divine redemption as the remaking of history into something new, it can not conceive of divine - human
interaction in other
than historical terms which preserve the qualitative difference between God and man.
ex couples actually demonstrated more
positive (and fewer negative) behaviors during their
interactions than did married couples.»
The basic idea is that, in the case of large nuclei such as gold, which have a very large
positive electric charge, electromagnetic
interactions play a much more important role in particle production
than they do in the case when two small, equally charged protons collide.
First, the effect of handshake on appraisals of social
interactions was more
positive in Caucasian
than in East Asian participants.
Third, appraisals of social
interactions involving approach and avoidance behaviors were more
positive in Caucasian
than in East Asian participants.
Finally, appraisals of social
interactions involving approach behaviors were more
positive in female
than in male participants.
Second, the effect of handshake on appraisals of social
interactions was more
positive for male
than for female hosts in male participants, whereas such differences were not observed in female participants.
Though the researchers identified no link between the husbands» sleep and marital
interactions, they did find that men tended to sleep for less time
than usual after a day of
positive interaction with their spouses.
Teachers should focus more time, attention, and energy on acknowledging responsible behavior
than on responding to misbehavior — what I call a high ratio of
positive to negative
interactions.
Not all
interactions are totally
positive and some dogs (breeds as a whole and individuals) are more resilient to this
than others.
That said, for those of us who have heard again and again that dogs are just domesticated wolves living in a «pack» of humans — and who hasn't heard that more times
than you can count, thanks to the popularization of the concept on TV — it might be helpful to learn all the scientific reasoning behind how wolves and dogs are different (and how we misunderstood wolves and their pack
interactions for a very, very long time), why those «alpha dog» approaches aren't the best way to relate to your dog (and in fact, can even cause more problems), and why alternate approaches like
positive reinforcement and reading the body language of a dog as a dog and not a mini wolf do work.
Given the powerful impact of socialization, it's no surprise that dogs that are chained outside and isolated from
positive human
interaction are more likely to bite people
than dogs that are integrated into our homes.
I accept that all cats have different needs
than I do - and those needs include mental and physical stimulation (such as vertical space and play with interactive toys), appropriate outlets for normal feline behaviors (such as multiple litter boxes and scratching posts) and
positive interactions with people (but as research has shown, in order to be
positive, the
interaction almost always needs to happen on the cat's terms).
In general, reward your dog's
positive interactions with her world, rather
than reinforcing poor behavior by babying her.
Despite his less -
than -
positive interactions with humans at Yulin, Ching says he's satisfied with what he and his volunteers accomplished, whether anyone agrees with his tactics or not.
Some may require less
than others, but all need time and a lot of
positive interactions with their owner (s).
The odds that a player will have a
positive interaction in a game with a cooperative element are far higher
than in one where everyone is trying to crush each other — especially online, where the other driving factor is anonymity.
Loads of sites have been built, the number of Extensions, Style Kits, and Child Themes is growing everyday, and the feedback and
interactions are more
positive than we ever expected.
I can't think of any better example of
positive online social
interaction than this group, The Circle of Legal Trust.
But in a world of social media and online reviews, it's more vital
than ever before for organisations to make each
interaction positive.
In a world of social media and online reviews,
positive interactions with customers is more important
than ever.
In today's climate, more
than ever, soft skills are proving to be the difference between
positive and negative police encounters and other
interactions with the criminal justice system.
Skills • Terrific at beginning and maintaining friendly and
positive interactions in person, on the phone, and by email • Enjoy finding more efficient ways to work • Comfortable with crossover administrative work such as filing and data entry • Strong work ethic and commitment to a job well done • Enthusiastic about representing workplace well • Prefer long - term, stable positions rather
than changing jobs every year or two
More
than 13
positive interactions for every 1 negative
interaction could decrease productivity.
We need to have many more
positive interactions than negative ones to maintain a healthy relationship.
In other words, when children are exposed to
positive attitudes, they will experience better outcomes
than children who see negative
interactions between their parents.
You need to have more
positive interactions than negative ones to maintain a happy, stable marriage.
There is growing evidence for online mindfulness courses being as effective as other face - to - face interventions and online courses for stress even without a therapeutic alliance.37 — 40 Previously found Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) effect sizes are comparable to those found with face - to - face mindfulness and CBT interventions, including our previous research examining the course currently under investigation.40 — 42 One RCT found that an automated internet - based therapy including CBT and mindfulness actually had better outcomes for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
than the comparative online therapist - led intervention, suggesting that the effects of internet interventions can not be attributed to, and do not rely on, therapist
interaction.43 Studies are finding that online mindfulness courses can be beneficial for depression in samples with IBS and epilepsy and anxiety symptoms in a non-clinical sample comparing a 3 - week mindfulness course with
positive psychology interventions and treatment as usual (see Monshat38 for a review).
The effect was small, but was identified in the whole program group, instead of only in a smaller subgroup.86 In Memphis, more
positive interactions were observed in the subgroup of women who possessed low psychological resources.87 Likewise, home - visited mothers in Early Head Start were rated as more supportive during play with their children
than controls, though the effect was small.88 Maternal sensitivity was also examined in Hawaii Healthy Start, the Healthy Families evaluations in San Diego and Alaska, and the Comprehensive Child Development Program, though none identified significant effects.
By working with both a Certified Professional Coach and Accredited Professional Divorce Mediator, effective conflict resolution can help divorcing spouses to define a new relationship with one another — one that is based on mutual respect, mature communication and
positive interactions that focus on the future, rather
than the painful past.
Researchers, for example, recently subjected parent education programs that use video playback of parent - child
interactions to a meta - analysis.72 They found that these programs have a sizable
positive effect on parent behavior and a modest but significant effect on children's behavior — no less for children referred to clinics for conduct problems
than for children referred from other sources.
Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more
than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false
positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather
than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer
interactions, and impulsivity).
Happy couples have
positive interactions most of the time — or five times more
than negative
interactions, to be exact.
A couple that has at least five times more
positive interactions than negative ones will ultimately succeed.
These relationships are suffused with a much higher percentage of
positive interaction, even when discussing a conflict,
than a couple in distress (Gottman & Schwartz Gottman, 2013, p. 2).
As a result, Angela feels more in love with Michael
than ever before, which naturally leads to more
positive interactions between the two of them.
In an article published this week in Business Insider, Hannah Fry, a math whiz who works for at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis in London, breaks down happily ever after in this formula, developed by another mathematician based on research at The Gottman Institute: The longest - lasting couples felt they had more
positive interactions than negative ones on a daily basis, while those with the least longevity generally feel their negative
interactions are more common
than happy ones.
Dr. Gottman says that the ideal, happy, and successful relationships produce five times more
positive interactions than negatives.
3) Mothers» emotional communication was related to the degree to which children displayed
positive affect with peers: Mothers who were low in derisive humor, criticality and intrusiveness had children whose peer
interaction tended to have higher levels of laughter and joy
than mothers who were higher in these negative parenting behaviors.
However, in our own research we found that all three styles (which we called Avoiders, Validators, and Volatiles) were functional — stable and happy — if and only if the ratio of
positive to negative
interaction during conflict was greater
than or equal to 5:1.
Although adolescent mothers with more education, less parenting stress, and higher social support satisfaction are more likely to have secure attachment patterns with their children (Emery, Pacquette, & Bigras, 2008), evidence suggests that in general, young mothers tend to be less responsive to their infants
than older mothers, have fewer
positive interactions, and vocalize less with their infants (Borkowski, Farris, Whitman, Carothers, Weed, & Keogh, 2007; Culp, Appelbaum, Osofsky, & Levy, 1988; Tarabulsy, Moran, Pederson, Provost, & Larose, 2011).
So be mindful to use your
interactions to cultivate
positive mental states rather
than negative.