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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 3, 219-228 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167297233001

Perceived Prevalence, Perceived Superiority, and Relationship Satisfaction: Most Relationships Are Good, but Ours is the Best

Bram P. Buunk

University of Groningen

Regina J.J.M. van der Eijnden

University of Groningen

In Study 1 (n = 407), Dutch adults perceived their relationship on average as better than that of most others, and a majority assumed that at least half of the people with an intimate relationship are happy with this relationship. Both perceptions were more pronounced among those with a happy relationship. In Study 2 these findings were replicated in a sample representative of the Dutch adult population (n = 1,281) and were found to be largely independent of the order in which the questions were presented. Study 3 (n = 101) showed that perceived superiority was even more pronounced when the comparison group was the "typical average adult" rather than "most others. "Study 4 (n = 50) showed that perceived superiority also existed when one's own relationship and the relationship of the typical average adult were rated separately.


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