As a participant in a research study, you are asked to describe your relationship. The researchers ask you to choose which of various pairs of overlapping circles, one representing you, one representing your partner, best describes the closeness you feel. What are the researching assessing?

Mutuality.

Explanation:

In this question, the research is evaluating mutuality. For when there is a balance in the choice of overlapping circles, it indicates that the greater the mutuality of a relationship. That is, when there is mutuality it means that there is the greatest security in the relationship and in the egalitarian feeling that both feel for each other. For a relationship to be successful and to last, there must be four main areas of mutuality, which are: love, benefit, trust and support.