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Reports an error in "Potential negative effects of perspective-taking efforts in the context of close relationships: Increased bias and reduced satisfaction" by Jacquie D. Vorauer and Tamara A. Sucharyna (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2013[Jan], Vol 104[1], 70-86). In the article, there was an error in the reported interpretation of the regression analyses results. The contrast coding procedure for the regression analyses and the predicted values are accurately reported. However, the contrast coding procedure that was used tested contrasts with the grand mean across all of the perspective-taking conditions rather than contrasts with the no-instructions control condition. Readers interested in the results of alternative contrasts may contact the first author for details. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2012-25675-001.) Three experiments demonstrated that trying to appreciate a close other's unique point of view (imagine-other perspective taking) increases the extent to which individuals overestimate their own transparency to the close other, that is, how many of their values, preferences, traits, and feelings are readily apparent to him or her. Trying to be objective and pay careful attention to cues from a close other, which inhibits perspective taking, instead had the opposite effect. Mediation analyses suggested that increased focus on the self as an object of evaluation contributed to the positive effect of imagine-other perspective taking on perceived transparency, and decreased focus on the self as an object of evaluation contributed to the negative effect of trying to be objective on these judgments. These effects on perceived transparency had important implications for relationship well-being: Enhanced perceived transparency of negative feelings prompted by imagine-other perspective taking during a back-and-forth exchange with a romantic partner led to systematic discrepancies between individuals' own and their partner's experience of the exchange and reduced relationship satisfaction; trying to be objective instead reduced perceived transparency and thereby increased satisfaction. Notably, initial closeness with another person enhanced rather than tempered the egocentric effects of perspective taking. Taken together, these results suggest that positive motivations to nurture a close relationship and be sensitive to a loved one might sometimes be better channeled toward paying closer attention to his or her behavior than toward perspective taking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved)
