Providing more self-expansion type gestures or statements to a partner who benefits significantly from self-expansion may reduce their perception of others' attractiveness.

“Now the takeaway from that, at least the way I read the study is if you're with somebody who really benefits from or experiences a lot of self-expansion, unless you really want them to pay attention to the attractiveness of other people, it stands to reason that they would benefit from more self-expansion type gestures or statements, okay?”