The Gendered Meanings of Assets for Divorce

Abstract

Assets, Commitment, Divorce, Gender, Marital satisfaction,

The Association between Employment- and Housing-Related Financial Stressors and Marital Outcomes during the 2007–2009 Recession

“…More surprising was the absence of a relationship between housing-related problems and marital satisfaction for the husbands. It may be that housing problems undermine the financial benefit that women expect in marriage (Dew, 2009). It is also possible that wives may invest more time and energy into their home and, thus, may find it harder to relocate to a new home.…”

How do Money, Sex, and Stress Influence Marital Instability?

“…There are few family finance research articles with marital instability as an outcome variable (Dew, 2016). That being said, lack of financial resources, as well as other financial stressors, do predict marital dissatisfaction (Archuleta et al, 2011;Conger, Rueter, & Elder, 1999;Dew, 2011;Gudmunson, Beutler, Israelsen, McCoy, & Hill, 2007) and divorce (Dew, 2009;cf. Andersen, 2005).…”

“…There have been many studies linking financial factors to marital satisfaction (e.g., Archuleta, Britt, Tonn, & Grable, 2011;Dew, 2011) and marital instability (e.g., Dew, 2009;Dew, Britt, & Huston, 2012;cf. Andersen, 2005).…”

“…Likewise, there have been many studies linking sexual factors to marital satisfaction (e.g., Gadassi et al, 2016;McNulty, Wenner, & Fisher, 2016) and marital instability (e.g., Yeh, Lorenz, Wickrama, Conger, & Elder, 2006;Yucel, 2016). In addition, a few studies have introduced mediators to see what factors might eliminate or lessen the adverse effect that financial and sexual stressors have on marital satisfaction and stability (e.g., Carroll, Hill, Yorgason, Larson, & Sandberg, 2013;Dew, 2009;Yeh et al, 2006). However, there is a scarcity of research that combines money, sex, and marital instability into one research model.…”

Does she think it matters who makes more? Perceived differences in types of relationship arguments among female breadwinners and non-breadwinners

“…Whether a couple shares similar goals and values related to money, marital debt, and satisfaction with financial status was positively associated with perceived relationship satisfaction (Archuleta, Grable, & Britt, 2013;Copur & Eker, 2014;Dew, 2009). Effective conflict resolution surrounding money also increased relationship satisfaction .…”