Research on the Nature and Determinants of Marital Satisfaction: A Decade in Review

Bradbury, Thomas N.; Fincham, Frank D.; Beach, Steven R. H.

doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00964.x

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“…These more benign attributions in turn may mitigate the negative impact on relationship satisfaction (for overviews see Bradbury & Fincham, 1990;Bradbury et al, 2000). Related to this, it is likely that protective buffering is more easily forgiven when levels of active engagement are high as people are then more inclined to make more benign attributions to this behavior.…”

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“…These different attributions in turn can be expected to be differently associated with relationship satisfaction (for overviews see Bradbury & Fincham, 1990;Bradbury, Fincham, & Beach, 2000). For example, it has been found that perceiving negative partner behavior as stable and intentional was negatively associated with relationship satisfaction (Fincham & Bradbury, 1992).…”

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Support behavior and relationship satisfaction in couples dealing with diabetes: Main and moderating effects.

Schokker¹,

Stuive²,

Bouma³

et al. 2010

Journal of Family Psychology

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This study examined associations between support behavior, i.e. active engagement and protective buffering, and relationship satisfaction in both patients with diabetes and their partners. Active engagement refers to supportive behavior characterized by involving one's partner in discussions, asking how the other feels, and problem solving strategies. Protective buffering refers to less supportive behavior characterized by denying fears and worries, and by pretending everything is fine. Furthermore, we examined whether there were interactive effects of these two support behaviors on patients' and partners' relationship satisfaction. At baseline (T1), 205 couples rated to which degree they received active engagement and protective buffering from their partners, and completed a measure of relationship satisfaction. At three follow-up assessments, couples were asked to fill out the same measures. Using dyadic data analytic approaches, we found relationship satisfaction to be positively associated with active engagement, and negatively with protective buffering, in both patients and partners. Moreover, we found a moderating effect, in that the negative association between protective buffering and relationship satisfaction was only present when levels of active engagement were relatively low. Again, these results were found for patients as well as their partners. We were able to replicate the T1 results at the other three assessment points. Our findings illustrate the need to consider adequate and less adequate support behaviors simultaneously, and to study the effects on both patients and partners.

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Support behavior and relationship satisfaction in couples dealing with diabetes: Main and moderating effects.

Schokker¹,

Stuive²,

Bouma³

et al. 2010

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…Economic hardship has been conceptualized in a number of ways, including low income thresholds, subjective indicators of financial worry, welfare receipt, and indices of economic hardship experiences (see White & Rogers, 2000, for a review; Conger et al 2010;Hardie & Lucas, 2010). The psychology literature has suggested that distress arising from financial worries can affect partners' interaction patterns and increase interpersonal conflict (Bradbury, Fincham, & Beach, 2000;Neff & Karney, 2009). For example, when couples argue over money, their conflicts are typically more intense and recurrent than arguments that concern other topics (Papp, Cummings, & Goeke-Morey, 2009).…”

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His and Hers: Economic Factors and Relationship Quality in Germany

Hardie¹

2017

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Research has linked economic factors to relationship quality in the United States, primarily using cross-sectional data. In the current study, 2 waves of the Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics data (n = 2,937) were used to test the gendered association between economic factors and relationship satisfaction among young German couples. In contrast to U.S.-based studies, the findings showed striking gender differences in the association between economic factors and relationship satisfaction for Germans. In cross-sectional models, women's relationship satisfaction was positively associated with receiving government economic support, and men's satisfaction was positively associated with poverty status and negatively associated with being a breadwinner. Longitudinal models revealed that changes in poverty status are associated with women's satisfaction, but men's satisfaction remains tied to their role as family provider. These unexpected results suggest that men's satisfaction is positively associated with a more equal division of labor market activity between partners. Keywords cohabitation; family economics; fixed effects models; marriage; relationship quality; western European families Economic circumstances and romantic relationship quality are interrelated in adults' lives. Economic well-being predicts entry into romantic relationships (McLaughlin, Lichter, & Johnston, 1993;Oppenheimer, 1988;Oppenheimer, Kalmijn, & Lim, 1997;Sweeney, 2002), whereas union formation can improve both partners' economic stability. Once formed, the quality of these relationships plays a significant role in emotional well-being and physical health (Dush, Taylor, & Kroeger, 2008;Proulx, Helms, & Buehler, 2007;Wickrama & Elder, 1997), which can produce economic returns. Finally, research has demonstrated that * Department of Sociology, Hunter College, City University of New York, 695 Park Ave., 16th Floor Hunter West, New York, NY 10065. ** Department of Sociology, University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Box 11, Houston, TX 77058. Department of Sociology, University of Utah, Room 301, 380 S 1530 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 (claudia.geist@soc.utah.edu). NIH Public Access NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript economic strain is associated with lower relationship quality among couples Conger et al., 1990;Conger, Conger, & Martin, 2010;Conger & Elder, 1994;Conger, Rueter, & Elder, 1999;Fox & Chancey, 1998;Hardie & Lucas, 2010;Robila & Krishnakumar, 2005;White & Rogers, 2000).However, research on the relationship between economic factors and relationship quality has been based primarily on cross-sectional data from the United States. Considerably less research has examined the association between economic factors and romantic relationship quality in other settings and over time. Studies of relationship dynamics often tacitly assume that findings apply cross-nationally. A growing body of comparative family literature (e.g., Cooke & Gash, 2010;Liefbroer & Dou...

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“…It may also be very useful for future research to include observation of couples. Observation has long been the preferred method for collecting data in marital research (Bradbury, Fincham & Beach, 2000). Although it is both difficult and time consuming, observational data may provide a way to observe the way in which AD/HD symptoms interfere with couple processes directly.…”

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Dyadic coping among adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Morfesis¹

2008

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Research on the Nature and Determinants of Marital Satisfaction: A Decade in Review

Cited by 917 publications

References 178 publications

Support behavior and relationship satisfaction in couples dealing with diabetes: Main and moderating effects.

Support behavior and relationship satisfaction in couples dealing with diabetes: Main and moderating effects.

His and Hers: Economic Factors and Relationship Quality in Germany

Dyadic coping among adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

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