Development and Initial Validation of the Perceived Power Imbalance Scale

Miller, Richard B.; Dyer, W. Justin; Day, Randal D.

doi:10.1007/s10591-021-09618-1

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“…The power (im)balance in couple relationship was assessed using a version of the Perceived Power (Im)balance Scale (LeBaron et al, 2019; Miller et al, 2022). Because this scale was still new, we display the evidence for construct validity, criterion validity, and test–retest reliability in Supplementary Document 2.…”

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“…In addition to the self‐serving bias and recalling bias inherent in self‐reports, relying on each partner's perception may have complicated the examination of the distribution of marital power. For example, discrepancies may exist between two partners' perceptions of power (im)balance, and such discrepancies may be related to personal and relational outcomes (Miller et al, 2022; Supplementary Document 5). Thus, future scholars may investigate the potential interactive effects between husbands' and wives' perception of the power (im)balance on well‐being (Miller et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, discrepancies may exist between two partners' perceptions of power (im)balance, and such discrepancies may be related to personal and relational outcomes (Miller et al, 2022; Supplementary Document 5). Thus, future scholars may investigate the potential interactive effects between husbands' and wives' perception of the power (im)balance on well‐being (Miller et al, 2022). Researchers can also examine factors that may be related to the two partners' distinct views.…”

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“…During this power process, those with lower relative power often report being controlled; those with higher relative power, conversely, are usually unaware of power imbalance (Miller et al, 2022; Parker, 2009). In the associations with the well‐being of each partner, the power (im)balance during the power process is especially important (LeBaron et al, 2014; Miller et al, 2022). Ideally, couple relationships are characterized by balanced power, and the two partners have mutual influence (Knudson‐Martin, 2013; LeBaron et al, 2019).…”

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For richer, for poorer: Financial behaviors, power (im)balance, and relational aggression among different‐gender newlyweds in the U.S.

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James

et al. 2023

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Guided by an intersectional feminism framework, we used three‐wave, dyadic survey data from a nationally representative sample of 1625 U.S. different‐gender newlywed couples to test three research questions. First, as balanced power is considered a key concept for relational well‐being in feminism, we examined developmental trajectories in husbands' and wives' perception of power (im)balance. Second, considering money as a major influence on power and aggression, we examined how financial behaviors relate to power (im)balance and in turn relational aggression—a type of intimate partner violence that is controlling and manipulative in nature. Third, informed by the intersectionality between gender and socioeconomic status (SES), we examined gender differences and SES disparities in the associations among financial behaviors, developmental trajectories of perception of power (im)balance, and relational aggression. Our findings demonstrate that newlywed different‐gender couples are experiencing power struggles, where two partners diminish each other's influence over time. We also found that healthy financial behaviors are associated with balanced power and, in turn, less relational aggression (especially for wives and in lower‐SES households). Taken collectively, we continue calling for efforts to facilitate money management skills and promote balanced marital power.

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“…(Kutin et al, 2017(Kutin et al, , 2019(Kutin et al, , 2022Yau et al, 2020). Because economic abuse is a type of IPV in which the abuser attempts to relegate the victim into a spiral of financial losses and power losses (Christy et al, 2022), we focused on two still understudied constructs: (1) financial behaviors, actions young adults take to manage money (Dew & Xiao, 2011); (2) power (im)balance, whether or not young adults share equal influence with their romantic partners (Miller et al, 2022).…”

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Actions for solutions: Financial behaviors, power (im)balance, and economic abuse among Chinese young adults in non-marital cohabitation

Li,

Khan,

Xiao

et al. 2024

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Young adults are at high risk of experiencing economic abuse—a form of intimate partner violence (IPV)—and Chinese young adults in non-marital cohabitation are especially vulnerable. To reduce economic abuse, an important question to answer is: What factors are associated with economic abuse? After controlling for constructs (e.g., demographic information and other types of IPV) that were linked to economic abuse, we investigated how financial behaviors (i.e., individuals’ money management capability) were associated with power (im)balance (i.e., whether individuals shared equal influence with the romantic partner) and, in turn, economic abuse among non-marital cohabitating Chinese young adults. We also investigated whether associations among financial behaviors, power (im)balance, and economic abuse varied across young adults’ gender and SES. We used a Qualtrics survey to collect data from 445 non-marital cohabitating Chinese young adults (53.3% male vs. 46.7% female; 22.7% lower socioeconomic status [SES] vs. 77.3% higher-SES). A structural equation model was conducted to test the associations of research interests. We found that money management capability (e.g., spending within budget and tracking expenses) is associated with balanced power—the individual sharing equal influence with the partner in the decision-making process—and, in turn, less experience of being economically abused. These associations were statistically equivalent across gender and SES. Collectively, our findings suggested that promoting money management capability be a timely and new avenue for reducing economic abuse among Chinese young adults in non-marital cohabitation, possibly because this population faces common and severe economic abuse but generally lacks the opportunity to learn money management.

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The Association Between Sexual Initiation and Membership in Dyadic Profiles of Perceived Shared Power

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Busby,

Moore

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Arch Sex Behav

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Development and Initial Validation of the Perceived Power Imbalance Scale

Cited by 5 publications

References 57 publications

For richer, for poorer: Financial behaviors, power (im)balance, and relational aggression among different‐gender newlyweds in the U.S.

For richer, for poorer: Financial behaviors, power (im)balance, and relational aggression among different‐gender newlyweds in the U.S.

Actions for solutions: Financial behaviors, power (im)balance, and economic abuse among Chinese young adults in non-marital cohabitation

The Association Between Sexual Initiation and Membership in Dyadic Profiles of Perceived Shared Power

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