Pathways to romantic relationship success among Chinese young adult couples

Johnson, Matthew D.; Nguyen, Linh Thi My; Anderson, Jared R.; Liu, Wenli; Vennum, Amber

doi:10.1177/0265407514522899

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“…Family dysfunction is often passed on to, and reenacted by, the next generation (Morrison, 1977). It is well demonstrated that experiences during childhood can negatively impact later psychosocial adjustment and outcomes (Chen et al, 2009;Johnson et al, 2015;Maleck & Papp, 2015;Mothersead et al, 1998).…”

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Family Roles, Family Dysfunction, and Depressive Symptoms

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This work focuses on different roles individuals might adopt in their family of origin: hero, scapegoat, lost child, mascot, caretaker, and mastermind. It was explored whether family dysfunction in the family of origin makes it more likely that individuals will take on certain roles, in particular those of “scapegoat” and “lost child.” Further, it was tested whether the problematic roles of scapegoat and lost child are linked to greater depressive symptoms later on during adulthood. Support for these predictions was found in two correlational survey studies of young and older adults retrospectively reporting the roles they assumed in their family of origin ( N = 176 and 366, respectively). Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for family therapy.

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“…These schemata might then impact on relationship expectations and behaviours later on, and they might be one mechanism through which dysfunction in the past might be perpetuated and lead to future dysfunction. Mental health problems and negative couple interaction have also been demonstrated to play a role (Johnson et al, 2015;Maleck & Papp, 2015), as have conflict behaviours within the couple (Cui & Fincham, 2010). The present contribution aimed to add to the existing literature, by highlighting the important role that positive lay beliefs about the possibility of finding enduring love might play in explaining the link between family-of-origin dysfunction and dysfunction within later romantic relationships of the offspring of such dysfunctional families.…”

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Lay Beliefs About Romantic Relationships: A Mediator of the Effect of Family Dysfunction on Romantic Relationship Satisfaction

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This paper tested why people differ with regard to whether they believe it is possible to find enduring love. Variations were assumed to be due to differences in people’s experiences. Those who experienced dysfunction in their family of origin and who did not have positive relationships role-modelled to them were expected to be less likely to have positive lay beliefs about romantic relationships. Positive lay beliefs, in turn, were hypothesised to impact on dysfunction in own romantic relationships later on in life, which were in turn expected to affect relationship satisfaction. In other words, positive lay beliefs were tested as one potential mechanism through which family dysfunction whilst growing up impacts on relationship dysfunction in later adult life. This paper presents a pilot study (N = 176) which introduces a measure for ‘positive lay beliefs about romantic relationships’, and finds this measure to be associated, as expected, with dysfunction in the family of origin. The main study (N = 435) then tested the full hypothesised model (family-of-origin dysfunction → positive lay beliefs → romantic relationship dysfunction → relationship satisfaction) with structural equation modelling, and found that the model fitted the data very well, confirming the hypotheses. It was concluded that lay beliefs about whether or not it is possible to find enduring love are an important mediator of the effects of family-of-origin dysfunction on later romantic relationship satisfaction.

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“…Data were provided by 200 Mainland Chinese couples attending a large university in Beijing (for additional details, see Johnson et al, 2015). In terms of relationship type, 35.2% were in a "serious dating relationship," 61.8% indicated a "committed relationship with an intention to be together in the future," only 2.0% were engaged, and 1.0% had married.…”

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“…generations. Accordingly, there is a growing body of literature examining intimate relations among Mainland Chinese couples, with a particular emphasis on understanding the ways in which family of origin dynamics still shape offspring relationship outcomes (Anderson et al, 2014;Johnson, Nguyen, Anderson, Liu, & Vennum, 2015).…”

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Shame proneness and intimate relations in Mainland China

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Using dyadic data from 200 young adult couples (aged 18-31 years) in Mainland China, this study evaluated associations between shame proneness, intimate partner attachment, adaptive interactions, and relationship satisfaction. Results demonstrated that shame proneness was directly associated with more insecure attachment to the partner (anxious and avoidant dimensions) and less adaptive interactions (operationalized by variables assessing constructive problem solving and negative interactions) and indirectly with lower relationship satisfaction for male and female partners. While shame is a highly valued emotion in Confucian cultures, shame proneness may be a liability for modern-day intimate relations.

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Pathways to romantic relationship success among Chinese young adult couples

Cited by 15 publications

References 39 publications

Family Roles, Family Dysfunction, and Depressive Symptoms

Family Roles, Family Dysfunction, and Depressive Symptoms

Lay Beliefs About Romantic Relationships: A Mediator of the Effect of Family Dysfunction on Romantic Relationship Satisfaction

Shame proneness and intimate relations in Mainland China

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