“…An additional limitation of this study is that it only partially applied the FAAR Model, as it did not investigate the role of meanings. The meanings couples hold regarding commitment, marital and financial satisfaction, and the importance of marriage and materialism (LeBaron, Allsop, Hill, Willoughby, & Britt-Lutter, 2017;LeBaron, Kelley, and Carroll, 2017) can either exacerbate or alleviate their crisis. Future research should investigate how these meanings influence the effects of financial stress on marital quality.…”