The Relationship Enhancement Model of Social Support.

Cutrona, Carolyn E.; Russell, Daniel W.; Gardner, Kelli A.

doi:10.1037/11031-004

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“…Communication and conflict management was operationalized as comprising frequency and length of arguments, verbal, psychological and physical aggression during arguments, withdrawal during arguments, emotions and behaviors before, during and after arguments, and conflict resolution strategies. In accord with Cutrona and colleagues' work (e.g., Cutrona, Russell, & Gardner, 2005), interspousal support was operationalized as comprising four types of support when one spouse has had a bad day, is feeling down, or has a problem: emotional support (talking and listening to each other, holding hands, hugging, letting partner know s/he understands), direct or indirect tangible support (direct support: when one's partner helps to solve the problem or make the situation better; indirect support: providing time or resources so that one's partner is better able to solve the problem him-or herself, e.g., providing childcare), informational support (giving advice, providing spouse with information, helping spouse think about a problem in a new way), and esteem support (expressing confidence in one's ability to handle things, telling spouse s/he is not at fault for a problem). Match between types of support desired and types of support provided, and whether support is offered in a positive or negative manner, were also assessed.…”

Section: Prior Research On Relationship Behaviors and Marital Satisfasupporting

confidence: 77%

Objective ratings of relationship skills across multiple domains as predictors of marital satisfaction trajectories

Lawrence

Pederson

Bunde

et al. 2008

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Expanding upon social-learning and vulnerability-stress-adaptation approaches to marriage, the impact of multiple dyadic behaviors on marital satisfaction trajectories was examined in 101 couples. Semi-structured interviews were administered separately to husbands and wives at 3 months of marriage. Interviewers generated objective ratings for five domains: emotional closeness/intimacy, sexual intimacy/sensuality, interspousal support, decision-making/relational control, and communication/conflict management. Marital satisfaction was assessed four times over three years. Dyadic behaviors were associated with initial levels and rates of change in satisfaction, demonstrating the unique contributions of each relational skill on marital development. For husbands, sexual intimacy was the strongest predictor of change whereas for wives, communication/conflict management was the strongest predictor of change compared to other domains. Theoretical, methodological and clinical implications are discussed. Keywordscouples; dyadic skills; growth curve analyses; marital satisfaction Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Erika Lawrence, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, 11 Seashore Hall East, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1407. E-mail: erika-lawrence@uiowa.edu. NIH Public AccessAuthor Manuscript J Soc Pers Relat. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 January 1. Published in final edited form as:J Soc Pers Relat. 2008 ; 25(3): 445-466. NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author ManuscriptThe divorce rate for first marriages in the United States has held constant at 40% over the last decade (US Census, 2002), and it is estimated that approximately 25% of couples remain married but experience severe, unremitting marital discord. Existing theoretical models of marital dysfunction (e.g., social learning or behavioral models, vulnerability-stress-adaptation models of marriage) emphasize the importance of examining a variety of dyadic behaviors in order to explicate the developmental course of marital distress. Despite these inclusive perspectives of relational tasks, our understanding of dyadic behaviors as they relate to change in marriage is limited almost exclusively to behaviors in problem-solving (i.e., conflict management) discussions. In the last decade, there has been an emerging literature on the role of spousal support behaviors as an important factor in relationship satisfaction (e.g., Cutrona, 1996;Pasch & Bradbury, 1998). However, there is surprisingly little published research examining other potentially critical dyadic behaviors, including couples' sexual relationships, emotional intimacy, and decision-making and control. In the present study, we examined multiple interactive skills that emerge at the beginning of marriages as predictors of trajectories of marital satisfaction. Review and Critique of Conceptual Models of Relationship BehaviorsA social learning or behavioral model (e.g., Jacobson & Margolin, 1979; O'Leary & Turkewitz, 1978;Weiss, 1978) and var...

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Section: Prior Research On Relationship Behaviors and Marital Satisfasupporting

confidence: 77%

Objective ratings of relationship skills across multiple domains as predictors of marital satisfaction trajectories

Lawrence

Pederson

Bunde

et al. 2008

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…If data from these two groups are combined without a formal model of the nature of the moderation (individual differences), then one might conclude from the mixed analysis that couples are likely to experience both relationship exhilaration and individual distress. An individual differences model of the effects of support receipt is consistent with aspects of the relationship enhancement model of social support (Cutrona, Russell, & Gardner, 2005). This model explains the association between actual support receipt, perceived availability of support, relationship satisfaction, and health.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…The literature suggests two important candidates for moderating variables that we could examine. One is derived from the Cutrona et al (2005) theory that suggests that support receivers who are in more trusting and satisfying relationships will find support to be more effective in reducing personal distress. Another is the proposition by Fisher et al (1982) that support can be a threat to selfesteem-persons who have compromised self-esteem might be more vulnerable to a threat associated with support acts.…”

Section: The Current Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Receiving support as a mixed blessing: Evidence for dual effects of support on psychological outcomes.

Gleason

Iida

Shrout

et al. 2008

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Although social support is thought to boost feelings of closeness in dyadic relationships, recent findings have suggested that support receipt can increase distress in recipients. The authors investigated these apparently contrary findings in a large daily diary study of couples over 31 days leading up to a major stressor. Results confirm that daily support receipt was associated with greater feelings of closeness and greater negative mood. These average effects, however, masked substantial heterogeneity. In particular, those recipients showing greater benefits on closeness tended to show lesser cost on negative mood, and vice versa. Self-esteem was examined as a possible moderator of support effects, but its role was evident in only a subset of recipients. These results imply that models of dyadic support processes must accord a central role to betweenindividual heterogeneity.

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“…This finding is consistent with the finding by Wang, Slaney, & Rice (2007) and (Yeh & Bedford, 2003) A statistically significant positive relationship was also found ( . Research has supported the notion that husband support is one of the key factors affecting the well-being of marriage which in-turned resulted in strong bonding between husband and wife (Cutrona, Russell, & Gardner, 2005). Besides, if husband has not a supportive attitude towards wife than adjustment in a marriage is often become difficult.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Relationship enhancement model (Cutrona, Russell, & Gardner, 2005) posits that spouse support specifically husband's support in every aspect of life enhances partners physical and mental well-being which resulted in marital stability and satisfaction. The impact of partner support on marital satisfaction depend on explicit behaviors exhibits either during support transactions or perceptions of the support received.…”

Section: Ii) Personal Factors: Husband Supportive Attitudementioning

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Environmental and Personal Factors as Predictors of Marital Adjustment- An Investigation in Pakistani Context

Lashari¹

2016

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Every individual wants to be gratified in his/her relations including marriage. Marriage is an important part of one's life as it effects social as well as emotional functioning of an individual. The present study aims to measure to investigate the roles of In-laws (experience with in-laws, husband's supportive attitude and marital adjustment) in married life using correlation design. The questionnaires were given to 100 married women using snowball technique. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 16. The obtained results indicated a statistically significant positive relationship between the studied variables. Moreover, the study revealed a notable information about the role of relationship between the experience with in-laws and husband's supportive attitude as a significant factor for successful marital adjustment and in developing a healthy relationship with in-laws. The study has implication for marriage counselors.

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The Relationship Enhancement Model of Social Support.

Cited by 70 publications

References 91 publications

Objective ratings of relationship skills across multiple domains as predictors of marital satisfaction trajectories

Objective ratings of relationship skills across multiple domains as predictors of marital satisfaction trajectories

Receiving support as a mixed blessing: Evidence for dual effects of support on psychological outcomes.

Environmental and Personal Factors as Predictors of Marital Adjustment- An Investigation in Pakistani Context

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