Coming Home Upset: Gender, Marital Satisfaction, and the Daily Spillover of Workday Experience Into Couple Interactions.

Schulz, Milford D.; Cowan, Philip A.; Cowan, Carolyn Pape; Brennan, Richard T.

doi:10.1037/0893-3200.18.1.250

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“…Moreover, daily diary research has demonstrated that tensions between partners are more likely to occur on days when spouses experienced tension at work (Bolger, DeLongis, Kessler, & Wethington, 1989). Specifically, negatively arousing workdays have been linked with more withdrawn behavior in the home (Repetti, 1989;Schulz, Cowan, Cowan, & Brennan, 2004). Conditions of high stress also appear to diminish spouses' propensity for engaging in forgiving responses to a partner's transgressions (Neff & Karney, 2004;Neff & Karney, 2009).…”

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Stress spillover in early marriage: The role of self-regulatory depletion.

Buck¹,

Neff²

2012

Journal of Family Psychology

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Stress Spillover in Early Marriage:The Role of Self-Regulatory Depletion April Allen Buck, M.A.The University of Texas at Austin, 2012 Supervisor: Lisa A. NeffStressful experiences external to a marriage (e.g., work stress, finances) are often associated with poor relationship functioning and lowered marital satisfaction, a phenomenon called stress spillover. To date, however, little attention has been devoted to understanding the specific mechanisms through which stress may lead to maladaptive relationship patterns. Drawing from theories of self-regulatory depletion, it was predicted that coping with external stress is an effortful process that consumes spouses" regulatory resources, leaving spouses with less energy to effectively respond to their relationship issues. The current study relied on a sample of 171 newly-married couples to examine whether self-regulatory depletion may mediate the link between external stress and relationship well-being. Couples were asked to complete a 14-day daily diary, which assessed their daily stress, their state of self-regulatory depletion, their marital behaviors, and their daily marital appraisals. Within-person analyses revealed that, on average, couples experienced stress spillover, such that on days when their stress was higher than v usual they reported enacting more negative behaviors towards their partner and endorsed less positive appraisals of the relationship. Further evidence revealed that self-regulatory depletion accounted for a majority of these spillover effects. These findings suggest that even happy and committed couples may find it difficult to engage in adaptive relationship processes under conditions of stress.vi

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Section: Stress and Marital Quality: Spillover Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stress spillover in early marriage: The role of self-regulatory depletion.

Buck¹,

Neff²

2012

Journal of Family Psychology

172

167

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“…Within these studies on minor stress, several studies report a spillover of external stress (e.g., from work) on marital communication and quality (e.g., Bodenmann, 2000;Bodenmann et al, 2006;Bodenmann et al, 2007;Bolger et al, 1989;Repetti, 1989, Schulz, Cowan, Cowan, & Brennan, 2004. Although most of these studies were cross-sectional, some used multi-level analyses and addressed mediation processes between external stress, internal stress, and relationship quality (e.g., Bodenmann et al, 2007).…”

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“…Wood, 1997; Schulz et al, 2004;Story & Repetti 2006), suggesting that more negatively arousing workdays were linked with negative marital behavior and emotions.…”

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“…This association was strongest in men with higher marital satisfaction. Schulz, Cowan, Cowan, & Brennan (2004) 42 married couples Cross-sectional study…”

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“…Data in 23 studies were collected from questionnaires and self report measures (e.g., Bodenmann & Perrez, 1992;Bolger, Vinokur, Foster, & Ng, 1996;Hagedoorn, Kuijer, Wobbes, & Sanderman, 2000;Schulz et al, 2004;Whiffen & Gotlib, 1989).…”

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confidence: 99%

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