Documenting Mutuality: Testing a Dyadic and Communicative Model of Marital Commitment

Thompson-Hayes, Marceline; Webb, Lynne M.

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“…It seems plausible that this sense of faith in and commitment to the relationship may have sustained marriages despite the short-term obstacle of unemployment. This reflects existing literature suggesting that the qualities valued most by marital partners are those that emerged from the relationship (Thompson-Hayes & Webb, 2008) and that resilience—that is, the ability to struggle well, associated with sustainable relationships (Walsh, 2016)—moderates the relationship between external stressors and marital quality (Graham & Conoley, 2006).…”

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Unemployment and Marital Quality in Great Recession America: An Exploratory Canonical Correlation Analysis

Bland

McQueen

2018

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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To contribute to the literature on unemployment and marital quality in light of rapid social, economic, and political changes that characterized the past decade (2008-2018), this exploratory study assessed how unemployment during the Great Recession affected marital quality based on participants' beliefs about marital roles (on a continuum from more traditional to more progressive) and on their levels of education, duration of marriage, and duration and frequency of unemployment. Nationwide, 129 participants completed an online questionnaire consisting of two scales of marital quality (Dyadic Adjustment Scale and Revised Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale) plus demographic items. Although the canonical correlation analysis was not significant, a number of trends emerged that suggested possibilities worthy of discussion and that provide a foundation for further research. For example, the results suggested the possibility that humanistic theorizing on unemployment and marriage might not be confined to ideological beliefs about gender-based marital roles, and that marital quality in the face of unemployment may be more directly affected by education level. Moreover, repeated measures analyses of variance suggested that, although most

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confidence: 74%

Unemployment and Marital Quality in Great Recession America: An Exploratory Canonical Correlation Analysis

Bland

McQueen

2018

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

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“…Quality relationships came to be defined less by absence of conflict but rather by couples’ commitment to a collaborative partnership (Fincham et al, 2007) centered around values including friendship, loyalty, generosity, and justice (Fowers, 2000) and “commitment to a process” (Welwood, 1990, p. 184). To illustrate, partners who reported higher levels of relational quality tended to acknowledge that the attributes they valued most in their partners emerged from the relationship , rather than those that initially attracted them to each other (Thompson-Hayes & Webb, 2008).…”

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The distribution of Chapman’s love languages in couples: An exploratory cluster analysis.

Bland

McQueen

2018

Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice

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Chapman identified and described Five Love Languages (LLs), principal value systems by which individuals communicate and anticipate expression of affection: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. Although Chapman's model has become embraced by laypeople and helping professionals, it remains relatively underresearched. In this exploratory study, multivariate clustering procedures were used to identify profiles of combinations of LLs (as measured by Chapman's Love Languages Personal Profile for Couples) in 100 couples. Emphasis was given not only to men's and women's primary LLs but also to differences between men and women within each couple as quantified by mean differences and Cohen's d effect sizes thereof across the combination of all five LLs. In comparing the clustering variable means of the final cluster solution, it was found that the four profiles matched well and varied in a statistically significant manner. The relationship between the four-cluster solution and couples' reported levels of global relational satisfaction (as measured by the Revised Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale) also was assessed. Although no significant differences were found in the distress profiles across the four clusters (likely due to insufficient variability based on a majority nondistressed sample), results did suggest a trend whereby couples were less likely to report distress the more their combination of LL preferences was congruent. This study makes several methodological contributions to an emerging literature on the LLs, and the results provide a foundation for further research, particularly on how Chapman's model contributes to understanding the relationships between intimate relationships, self-development, and self-expansion.

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Momma's Embedded Advice: The Relationship Between Mother–Daughter Marriage Narratives and Daughters’ Marital Satisfaction

Gilchrist-Petty

Reynolds

2015

Southern Communication Journal

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Documenting Mutuality: Testing a Dyadic and Communicative Model of Marital Commitment

Cited by 6 publications

References 28 publications

Unemployment and Marital Quality in Great Recession America: An Exploratory Canonical Correlation Analysis

Unemployment and Marital Quality in Great Recession America: An Exploratory Canonical Correlation Analysis

The distribution of Chapman’s love languages in couples: An exploratory cluster analysis.

Momma's Embedded Advice: The Relationship Between Mother–Daughter Marriage Narratives and Daughters’ Marital Satisfaction

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