Couple intersubjectivity in newly committed couples

Maintaining an intimate relationship over the time is a challenge especially now when available alternatives to ongoing relationship have increased. So, it is necessary for the scholars develop new constructs for understand the affective stability on the time. Beebe and Lachmann (2003) extended the construct of intersubjectivity, putting in evidence the distinctive pattern of interactive regulation in the mother-infant dyad. In this direction, intersubjectivity refers to what is occurring between two minds, both characterized by positive and negative correspondence. Matching and similarities promote the possibility of shared minds and let the possibility to overcome the inevitable disconnection states, much evident in destructive conflicts. We investigate this topic in the field of intimate relationships, catching the initial stages of affect tuning in 71heterosexual newly committed couples. We elaborated a new measure, couple intersubjectivity, with the aim to evaluate positive correspondence between partners. Results showed that own capacity to stay tuned with the partner influences directly couple satisfaction. Again, high need satisfaction and low quality of alternatives concurred to explain the stability in the couple. We did not find partner effect. In general, results showed that there is an effect of self in the role of couple satisfaction, contributing to understand the role of self-regulation in pursuing positive outcomes for the relationship.