Partner Responsiveness: Feeling Understood, Valued, and Supported
Partner responsiveness is the ability to notice, understand, value, and respond supportively to a partner’s emotions, needs, concerns, and bids for connection.
Sensitivity: Meaning, Emotions, Relationships, and Physical Response
Sensitivity is the quality of noticing or responding strongly to emotions, social signals, physical sensations, environmental conditions, or other people.
Emotional Engagement: Meaning, Responsiveness, and Relationships
Emotional engagement is active emotional attention, care, responsiveness, and participation in a person, relationship, activity, or meaningful experience.
Emotional Responsiveness: Meaning, Empathy, and Relationships
Emotional responsiveness is the ability and willingness to notice, understand, and respond appropriately to one’s own feelings and the emotions of others.