Marital Aggression, Quality, and Stability in the First Year of Marriage: Findings from the Buffalo Newlywed Study

Leonard, Kenneth E.; Roberts, Linda J.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511527814.004

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“…In a 1981 probability sample of women in which heavier drinkers were oversampled, wives' reports of husbands' drinking at baseline predicted wives' distrust and lack of support from husbands five years later (Wilsnack & Wilsnack 1990). In contrast, in a sample of newlyweds, Leonard & Roberts (1998b) observed that decreases in marital quality over the first year of marriage were predicted by husbands' average daily alcohol consumption, husbands' problem drinking, and wives' problem drinking at the time of marriage. However, only wives' problem drinking remained a significant predictor after controlling for sociodemographic factors, personality factors, and perceived conflict behaviors.…”

Section: Marital Satisfaction and Stabilitymentioning

confidence: 74%

Marital and Family Processes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Disorders

Leonard

Eiden²

2007

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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Alcohol use is often part of the fabric of marriage and family life, and although it is associated with certain positive effects, excessive drinking and alcohol disorders can exert a negative effect on the marital development and on the development of children in the context of the family. This review considers evidence that alcohol influences and is influenced by marital/family processes, including transitions into marriage and parenthood, marital satisfaction, marital violence, parenting, and child development. The review discusses the importance of antisocial behavior and the need to examine women's drinking, and the joint impact of men's and women's drinking on marital/family processes. The review highlights the lack of studies in certain key areas, including the link between discordant drinking and violence and marital satisfaction, the role of alcohol in child neglect, and the potential role of marital conflict as a mediator or moderator of the relationship between alcohol and child functioning.

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Section: Marital Satisfaction and Stabilitymentioning

confidence: 74%

Marital and Family Processes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Disorders

Leonard

Eiden²

2007

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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“…While there is little research examining neuroticism and adolescent romantic functioning, findings from the adult literature suggest that higher levels of neuroticism are associated with marital dissatisfaction (e.g., Leonard and Roberts, 1998) and that neuroticism is a strong predictor of negative marital outcome (Kelly and Conley, 1987). In addition, neuroticism has been linked with higher frequency of sexual risk-taking behaviors among adults (Hoyle et al, 2000).…”

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Adolescent Marital Expectations and Romantic Experiences: Associations With Perceptions About Parental Conflict and Adolescent Attachment Security

Steinberg

Davila

Fincham

2006

J Youth Adolescence

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This study tested associations between adolescent perceptions of interparental conflict, adolescent attachment security with parents, and adolescent marital expectations and romantic experiences. Participants were 96 early adolescent females from 2 parent families. Insecurity was examined as a mediator of the association between negative perceptions of parental conflict and romantic outcomes.Results supported the mediation model in which adolescents' negative perceptions of parental conflict was associated with insecure attachment with parents, which was in turn associated with negative marital expectations and romantic experiences. Implications for understanding how parent-adolescent and interparental variables influence adolescent marital expectations and romantic experiences are discussed.

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“…Leonard and Roberts (1998) demonstrated that a composite variable containing the PSS was associated with changes in relationship satisfaction over the first year of marriage. In the present study, the PSS demonstrated reasonable internal consistency, with a standardized Cronbach's alpha of .88.…”

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Testing the ruler with item response theory: Increasing precision of measurement for relationship satisfaction with the Couples Satisfaction Index.

Funk

Rogge

2007

Journal of Family Psychology

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The present study took a critical look at a central construct in couples research: relationship satisfaction. Eight well-validated self-report measures of relationship satisfaction, including the Marital Adjustment Test (MAT; H. J. Locke & K. M. Wallace, 1959), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS; G. B. Spanier, 1976), and an additional 75 potential satisfaction items, were given to 5,315 online participants. Using item response theory, the authors demonstrated that the MAT and DAS provided relatively poor levels of precision in assessing satisfaction, particularly given the length of those scales. Principal-components analysis and item response theory applied to the larger item pool were used to develop the Couples Satisfaction Index (CSI) scales. Compared with the MAS and the DAS, the CSI scales were shown to have higher precision of measurement (less noise) and correspondingly greater power for detecting differences in levels of satisfaction. The CSI scales demonstrated strong convergent validity with other measures of satisfaction and excellent construct validity with anchor scales from the nomological net surrounding satisfaction, suggesting that they assess the same theoretical construct as do prior scales. Implications for research are discussed.

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Marital Aggression, Quality, and Stability in the First Year of Marriage: Findings from the Buffalo Newlywed Study

Cited by 67 publications

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Marital and Family Processes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Disorders

Marital and Family Processes in the Context of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Disorders

Adolescent Marital Expectations and Romantic Experiences: Associations With Perceptions About Parental Conflict and Adolescent Attachment Security

Testing the ruler with item response theory: Increasing precision of measurement for relationship satisfaction with the Couples Satisfaction Index.

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