Family and Individual Predictors of Late Adolescents' Romantic Relationships

Reese-Weber, Marla; Marchand, Jennifer F.

doi:10.1023/a:1015033219027

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“…Actions taken to resolve conflict in romantic relationships were examined with a sample of college students (n = 256) between the ages of 18 and 21 who were currently involved in romantic relationships (Reese-Weber & Marchand, 2002). They found that males who exhibited more negative and less positive conflict resolution tactics were more likely to report the presence of depressive symptoms.…”

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Effects of Sex, Sexual Orientation, Infidelity Expectations, and Love on Distress related to Emotional and Sexual Infidelity

Leeker

Carlozzi

2012

J Marital Family Therapy

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of participant sex, sexual orientation, infidelity expectations, and love on emotional responses to emotional and sexual infidelity. Participants (72 lesbian women, 114 heterosexual women, 53 gay men, and 57 heterosexual men) completed a demographic form, continuous emotion ratings in response to hypothetical infidelity scenarios, the Infidelity Expectations Questionnaire (IEQ), and the Triangular Love Scale. Sex, sexual orientation, and commitment and intimacy among partners were significant predictors of various emotional responses to sexual and emotional infidelity. Alternatively, passion among partners and expectations about a partner's likelihood of committing infidelity were not significant predictors of emotional reactions to infidelity. Across participants, sexual infidelity elicited more distressing feelings than emotional infidelity. Group differences were also found, with women responding with stronger emotions to emotional and sexual infidelity than men, and heterosexuals rating emotional and sexual infidelity as more emotionally distressing than lesbian and gay individuals. Sex and sexual orientation differences emerged regarding the degree to which specific emotions were reported in response to sexual and emotional infidelity. Clinical implications are offered, including how mental health professionals might use these findings to help clients cope with the negative effects of infidelity on romantic relationships.

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Section: Apppendices Appendix A: Review Of the Literature Positive Anmentioning

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Effects of Sex, Sexual Orientation, Infidelity Expectations, and Love on Distress related to Emotional and Sexual Infidelity

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Carlozzi

2012

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…Feeney et al (1994) found that more attachment anxiety was associated with more physical and verbal aggression and lack of mutual discussion. Reese-Weber and Marchand (2002) found that more attachment anxiety predicted fewer positive and more negative conflict strategies. Still, Shi (2003) found that more attachment avoidance was associated with less use of compromising approaches and more use of avoidance approaches.…”

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“…Although romantic relationship involvement, per se, has generally been associated with greater wellbeing among adults (Umberson and Williams 1999), certain aspects of romantic relationships (e.g., maladaptive conflict behaviors) have been linked with depressive symptoms (Reese-Weber and Marchand 2002). Consequently, young adults' romantic relationships are an important avenue of investigation for better understanding their depressive symptoms.…”

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“…Young adults' conflict behaviors may have a significant bearing on their depressive symptoms to the extent that young adults' who use maladaptive conflict behaviors may have more difficulty maintaining satisfying romantic relationships and thus, may be at greater risk for depressive symptoms. Indeed, one study by Reese-Weber and Marchand (2002) found that undergraduate students who reported more negative and fewer positive conflict behaviors in their romantic relationships reported more depressive symptoms.…”

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“…Attacking behaviors refer to physical or verbal attacks on another person, and compromising behaviors include listening to the other person and attempting to understand or work out a solution that is mutually acceptable (Rubenstein and Feldman 1993). The decision to examine behaviors that reflect both negative and positive conflict approaches was based on previous research suggesting that both types of behaviors may be related in important ways to young adults' depressive symptoms (e.g., Reese-Weber and Marchand 2002).…”

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Depressive Symptoms in Young Adults: The Role of Attachment Orientations and Romantic Relationship Conflict

Marchand-Reilly

2009

J Adult Dev

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Although romantic involvement in adulthood has generally been associated with enhanced well-being, some aspects of adults' romantic relationships (e.g., maladaptive conflict behaviors) have been linked with depressive symptoms. In order to better understand the role of romantic involvement in well-being, the present study examined links among attachment orientations, conflict behaviors with romantic partners, and depressive symptoms in an undergraduate sample of young adults (N = 110). Correlational analyses generally supported the hypothesized links. When a regression series was applied to the data in order to determine whether young adults' conflict behaviors serve as a mediator in the link between their attachment orientations and depressive symptoms, mediation was not supported. Instead, results supported a model wherein attachment orientations and conflict behaviors (attacking) were independent predictors, explaining unique variance in young adults' depressive symptoms. Findings underscore the importance of considering specific aspects of young adults' romantic relationships in the prediction of their depressive symptoms and illuminate the role attachment orientations and conflict behaviors in their depressive symptoms.

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