Relationship Maintenance across the Life Course

Rauer, Amy; Proulx, Christine

doi:10.1017/9781108304320.017

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“…Relationship maintenance is widely considered a universal aspect of interpersonal relating (Ogolsky & Monk, 2020), but it can vary across social identities such as race, class, gender, age, and culture (Fiori & Rauer, 2020; Gaines & Ferenczi, 2020; Rauer & Proulx, 2020), which suggests the value of an intersectionality approach. Intersectionality is the study and critique of how a person’s lived experiences are shaped by the interplay between multiple social identities and systems of marginalization (Buchanan & Wiklund, 2021; Crenshaw, 1991; Curtis et al, 2020).…”

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Relationship maintenance among military couples

Knobloch

Monk

Wadsworth

2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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A burgeoning body of research on the relationship maintenance of military couples over the past two decades suggests the time is right to organize, assimilate, and critique the literature. We conducted a systematic review informed by the integrative model of relationship maintenance that considered issues of intersectionality. Our literature search identified 81 relevant journal articles representing 62 unique samples. With respect to theory, 59.3% of the journal articles employed one or more formal theoretical frameworks. In terms of research design, 88.7% of the studies focused on the U.S. military, 83.9% of the studies recruited convenience samples, 54.8% of the studies utilized quantitative methods, and 30.6% of the studies collected longitudinal data. Among the studies reporting sample demographics, 96.8% of participants were married, 77.2% of participants identified as non-Hispanic White, and only one same-sex relationship was represented. Our narrative synthesis integrated findings about relationship maintenance from studies examining (a) relationship maintenance overtly, (b) communicating to stay connected across the deployment cycle, (c) disclosure and protective buffering, (d) support from a partner, (e) dyadic coping, and (f) caregiving and accommodating a partner’s symptoms. We interpret our results with an eye toward advancing theory, research, and practice.

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Section: Defining Relationship Maintenancementioning

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Relationship maintenance among military couples

Knobloch

Monk

Wadsworth

2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Perhaps newly established rotational couples identify similar or different relationship maintenance strategies than those identified by sample participants in the present study. For example, romantic idealization may be prominent in newly established couples, as the intensity of early-stage romantic love supports positive relationship perceptions (Rauer & Proulx, 2020). It is worth targeting rotational couples whose relationship duration is shorter (e.g., less than 6 months) and who are new to this lifestyle to determine whether maintenance behaviors differ based on the life course of the relationship (Rauer & Proulx, 2020).…”

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Relationship maintenance strategies of rotational workers and their partners

Malcom

Ronis

2023

Personal Relationships

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Although individuals who reside permanently in one location and work temporarily in another (i.e., rotational workers) represent a sizeable segment of the population, they are understudied in the empirical literature. Because rotational workers and their at‐home partners have unique long‐distance relationships due to frequent separations and reunions, they and their relationships should be examined. The primary aim of this study was to identify key factors associated with maintenance of romantic relationships between rotational workers and their at‐home partners. Participants (N = 289) were rotational workers (n = 129) and at‐home partners of workers (n = 160) who completed online surveys on individual, dyadic, and extra‐dyadic relationship maintenance behaviors and relationship characteristics over the course of two working‐reunion (roster) phases. Results indicated individual, dyadic, and extra‐dyadic behaviors positively predicted perceived relationship quality among partners and workers. Among partners, generosity positively predicted relationship quality at the first reunion and second departure phases. All other individual, dyadic, and extra‐dyadic relationship maintenance behaviors predicted relationship quality, regardless of the roster phase. Overall, results suggest the importance of relationship maintenance education for individuals in rotational romantic relationships.

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Relationship Maintenance across the Life Course

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Relationship maintenance among military couples

Relationship maintenance among military couples

Relationship maintenance strategies of rotational workers and their partners

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