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Bar‐Shachar Y, Lopata S, Bar‐Kalifa E. Relationship satisfaction during COVID-19: The role of partners' perceived support and attachment. FAMILY RELATIONS 2022; 72:FARE12767. [PMID: 36246206 PMCID: PMC9539370 DOI: 10.1111/fare.12767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Objective The main goal of this study was to examine the interplay between individuals' attachment insecurity and their perceptions of their partners' COVID-related behaviors (supportive and negative behaviors) in predicting their relationship satisfaction. Background Stress is a well-documented risk factor for relationship satisfaction. COVID-19 related stressors thus pose a challenge to maintaining relationship satisfaction. Although partners' supportive behaviors can play a central role in mitigating these stressors, enduring individual vulnerabilities, such as attachment insecurity, are likely to moderate the effectiveness of supportive (or negative) behaviors. Method In this two-wave study, conducted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, 239 participants in cohabiting Israeli couples reported their current relationship satisfaction and perceived partners' supportive and negative behaviors in response to COVID-related stress. Participants' pre-COVID reports of relationship satisfaction and attachment orientations were used to assess the extent to which partners' supportive/negative behaviors interacted with attachment orientations to predict relationship satisfaction maintenance during the first lockdown in Israel. Results Higher levels of support and lower levels of negative behaviors were associated with greater relationship satisfaction maintenance. Anxiously attached individuals showed greater sensitivity to their partners' support, whereas avoidantly attached individuals manifested lower reactivity to their partners' negative behaviors. Conclusions Perceived partners' supportive and negative behaviors can predict relationship satisfaction during stressful times. However, high attachment anxiety and low attachment avoidance may render individuals more sensitive to such behaviors. Implications The results suggest that during times of stress, it is essential to target partners with attachment insecurity to strengthen their supportive skills.
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- Yael Bar‐Shachar
- The Department of PsychologyBen‐Gurion University of the NegevBeer‐ShevaIsrael
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- The Department of PsychologyBen‐Gurion University of the NegevBeer‐ShevaIsrael
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- The Department of PsychologyBen‐Gurion University of the NegevBeer‐ShevaIsrael
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Xu S, Li W, Zhang W, Cho J. The dynamics of social support and affective well-being before and during COVID: An experience sampling study. COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR 2022; 121:106776. [PMID: 34975212 PMCID: PMC8713359 DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2021.106776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Based on the dynamic motivational activation (DMA) theoretical framework, this study examines the dynamic, reciprocal relationship between social support and affective well-being in both face-to-face (F2F) and online channels before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using experience sampling method, 2002 surveys on F2F and online interactions were collected from 64 participants. Dynamic panel modeling results showed that emotional support was associated with lower emotional discomfort toward F2F and online social interactions. Then, the emotional discomfort toward the F2F interactions drove the subsequent pursuit of emotional support, practical support, and informational support on the online channels. Additionally, findings suggested that individuals were more likely to obtain informational support via F2F communication after experiencing stronger emotional discomfort online during the pandemic.
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- Shan Xu
- Department of Public Relations, College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University, USA
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- School of communication, The Ohio State Unviersity, USA
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- Department of Public Relations, College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University, USA
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- Department of Mass Communication, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA
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Uziel L, Schmidt-Barad T. Choice Matters More with Others: Choosing to be with Other People is More Consequential to Well-Being than Choosing to be Alone. JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES 2022; 23:2469-2489. [PMID: 35261559 PMCID: PMC8890469 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-022-00506-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Stable social relationships are conducive to well-being. However, similar effects are not reported consistently for daily social interactions in affecting episodic (experiential) subjective well-being (ESWB). The present investigation suggests that the choice of being in a social context plays an important moderating role, such that social interactions increase ESWB only if taken place by one's choice. Moreover, it is argued that choice matters more in a social context than in an alone context because experiences with others are amplified. These ideas were tested and supported in two studies: An experiment that manipulated social context and choice status, and a 10-day experience-sampling study, which explored these variables in real-life settings. Results showed that being with others by one's choice had the strongest positive association with ESWB, sense of meaning, and control, whereas being with others not by one's choice-the strongest negative association with ESWB. Effects of being alone on ESWB also varied by choice status, but to a lesser extent. The findings offer theoretical and practical insights into the effects of the social environment on well-being.
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- Liad Uziel
- Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, 5290002 Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Peres Academic Center, Rehovot, Israel
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Hooker ED, Campos B, Hoffman L, Zoccola P, Dickerson SS. Is Receiving Social Support Costly for Those Higher in Subjective Socioeconomic Status? Int J Behav Med 2020; 27:325-336. [PMID: 31997283 DOI: 10.1007/s12529-019-09836-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although social support is generally thought to have positive consequences, this is not always the case. Receiving social support may threaten independence, which research has shown is more highly valued among those higher in socioeconomic status. As a result, support may be less strongly associated with positive outcomes for those higher in socioeconomic status (SES). Conversely, those lower in SES are more interdependent (Kraus, Piff, Mendoza-Denton, Rheinschmidt, & Keltner, 2012; Stephens, Markus, & Phillips, 2014) and may, therefore, be less threatened when receiving social support. This study examined SES as a moderator of how daily received support (within and between persons) predicted both daily psychological stressor appraisals and diurnal cortisol. METHOD Healthy undergraduate students (N = 128) participated in a 3-day study. Participants completed one or more evening diaries the first day of the study and additional questionnaires upon awakening, throughout the day, and at bedtime during the following 2 days. Support was measured each evening and stressor appraisals and cortisol were measured throughout the day. RESULTS As expected, for those who reported higher subjective SES, receiving more support than usual (within-person support) was associated with a flatter pattern of diurnal cortisol the next day. Although SES did not moderate the association of either within- or between-person support with stressor appraisals, the receipt of more support on average (between-person support) was associated with higher reported resources to cope. CONCLUSION The findings demonstrate that there may be physiological costs-but not psychological costs-associated with the receipt of support for those higher in socioeconomic status.
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- Emily D Hooker
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Department of Chicano/Latino Studies, School of Medicine, Department of Psychological Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
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Levavi-Francy N, Lazarus G, Rafaeli E. Relational events are more consequential when accompanied by emotional similarity. Cogn Emot 2019; 34:859-874. [PMID: 31726944 DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2019.1691979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Shared experience - i.e. commonality in inner states such as feelings, beliefs, or concerns - plays an important role in establishing and maintaining close relationships. Emotional Similarity (ES) can be thought of as one type of shared experience, but the exact role it plays in our responses to specific contexts (objects, events, circumstances) is not well understood. We sought to examine the day-level context-dependent roles of romantic partners' ES. We hypothesised that relational events (i.e. conflict and sexual activity) occurring on days with high ES would be more consequential. Two samples (N = 44, N = 80) of committed couples completed daily diaries for three and five weeks, respectively. Each evening, partners reported their currently-felt moods, relationship quality, and the occurrence of conflict and/or sex in the preceding 24 h. ES was operationalised as the profile similarity between the partners' moods on each day. Generally, ES moderated the associations between conflict or sex and relational outcomes: on days marked by greater ES, conflict and sex had stronger negative/positive outcomes, respectively. These findings highlight the importance of considering ES on a momentary basis and suggest that it may function as an amplifier of charged relational events.
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- Psychology Department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Psychology Department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.,Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, USA
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Bar-Kalifa E, Pshedetzky-Shochat R, Rafaeli E, Gleason MEJ. Daily Support Equity in Romantic Couples. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/1948550617725150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Receiving support may yield negative outcomes, although these can be offset by reciprocating support. Here, we argue that support receipt and reciprocation should be considered with reference to two separate needs, for relatedness/communion and competence/agency, which underlie differential effects of equity on affective versus relational outcomes. To test these, we go beyond earlier studies by (a) examining equity along a (daily) continuum, (b) using the novel analytic approach of polynomial regression with response surface analyses, and (c) indexing equity from both monadic and dyadic perspectives. Using dyadic daily diaries ( NDays = 35, NCouples = 80), we found personal outcomes (positive affect [PA] and negative affect [NA]) to be worst on inequitable days, particularly overbenefit ones. In contrast, equity did not play the same role with regard to relational outcomes (closeness/satisfaction), for which overbenefit proved more positive. Interestingly, the monadic and dyadic perspectives converged more with personal than with relational outcomes.
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- Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Variability in spousal perceptions of caregiving and its relationship to older caregiver health outcomes. J Gen Intern Med 2018; 33:1504-1511. [PMID: 29594934 PMCID: PMC6108995 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4408-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND The transition to later-life caregiving roles, especially for couples caring for each other, can be rife with ambiguity. The incident discordance in spousal perceptions of one another's role and its relationship to mental health outcomes have not been well-described. OBJECTIVES (1) To describe the range of daily agreement between older adult spouses' perceptions of care given and care received; (2) to explore associations between caregiving agreement and daily caregiver depression, anxiety, and marital satisfaction; and (3) to evaluate differential effects for male and female caregivers. DESIGN Cross-sectional, ecological assessment (daily diary). PARTICIPANTS Sample of 191 couples aged 60-64 (total 5196 daily surveys) drawn from the longitudinal Life and Family Legacies study. MAIN MEASURES During 2011-2012, spouses independently completed 14 consecutive daily surveys about their mood, marital interactions, and support exchanges. Caregiving agreement was defined as the daily ratio of spouse-reported care received to self-reported care given. Using generalized linear mixed effect modeling, we examined associations between spousal care agreement and outcomes of depression, anxiety, and marital satisfaction. KEY RESULTS Sample data demonstrated broad variability in spousal agreement, with couples exhibiting substantial disagreement on nearly one-third of couple days (780/2598 days). On days where care was exchanged, higher caregiving agreement was associated with lower caregiver depression (p < 0.01) and anxiety (p < 0.01) in male caregivers, and higher marital satisfaction (p = 0.03) in female caregivers. When care recipients reported receiving more support than their spouse reported giving, these associations did not persist. CONCLUSIONS Findings suggest that spousal agreement about the amount of care given and received varies broadly and is an important consideration for primary care providers who counsel these patients day-to-day. Furthermore, agreement appears to predict mental health and relationship outcomes and should be further evaluated in this growing population of mid-to-late life adults emerging into caregiving.
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Gaffey AE, Burns JW, Aranda F, Purim-Shem-Tov YA, Burgess HJ, Beckham JC, Bruehl S, Hobfoll SE. Social support, social undermining, and acute clinical pain in women: Mediational pathways of negative cognitive appraisal and emotion. J Health Psychol 2018; 25:2328-2339. [PMID: 30146929 DOI: 10.1177/1359105318796189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Women may be disproportionately vulnerable to acute pain, potentially due to their social landscape. We examined whether positive and negative social processes (social support and social undermining) are associated with acute pain and if the processes are linked to pain via negative cognitive appraisal and emotion (pain catastrophizing, hyperarousal, anger). Psychosocial variables were assessed in inner-city women (N = 375) presenting to an Emergency Department with acute pain. The latent cognitive-emotion variable fully mediated social undermining and support effects on pain, with undermining showing greater impact. Pain may be alleviated by limiting negative social interactions, mitigating risks of alternative pharmacological interventions.
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- Allison E Gaffey
- Yale School of Medicine, USA.,Rush University Medical Center, USA
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- Duke University School of Medicine, USA.,Durham VA Health Care System, USA
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Kim D, Moon CW, Shin J. Linkages between empowering leadership and subjective well-being and work performance via perceived organizational and co-worker support. LEADERSHIP & ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1108/lodj-06-2017-0173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of empowering leadership at the team level on employees’ subjective well-being (SWB) and work performance through perceived social support. Based on social exchange theory (Blau, 1964), the study identifies the mediating effects of perceived social support in the relationship between empowering leadership and both employees’ well-being and work performance.
Design/methodology/approach
The study utilized a survey of 1,225 employees working for an organization in South Korea and archival data of the organization. It employed hierarchical linear modeling analyses and the CWC(M) procedure for the tests of multilevel mediation.
Findings
It was observed that perceived organizational support (POS) and co-worker support (PCS) mediated the relationship between empowering leadership and SWB, but not the relationship between empowering leadership and performance. There was a significant direct effect of empowering leadership on both POS and PCS, which subsequently led to improved work performance.
Originality/value
Taking a multilevel approach to leadership and relying on both self-reported and organizational archival data, this study contributes to the literature on leadership and well-being by examining the relationships between empowering leadership toward a team and team members’ well-being and performance, and by revealing the crucial mechanisms that underlie them. The study helps to elucidate the impact of empowering leadership on employee SWB, which has largely been neglected in prior management research.
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Kay JS, Juth V, Silver RC, Sender LS. Support and conflict in relationships and psychological health in adolescents and young adults with cancer. J Health Psychol 2017; 24:502-517. [PMID: 28810372 DOI: 10.1177/1359105316676629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Perceived support and conflict between adolescents and young adults with cancer and their primary caregivers, other family, close friends, and medical staff were examined in relation to adolescents and young adults' psychological health. Adolescents and young adults ( n = 115, 51% male, ages 12-24 years, M (standard deviation) = 16.07 (2.29)) in outpatient cancer treatment perceived more support and conflict within familial relationships than other relationships. Among familial relationships, perceived support and conflict were associated with psychological health; within other relationships, only support was associated with psychological health. Interactions among family were most strongly correlated with psychological distress; interactions with friends were stronger correlates of posttraumatic stress symptoms, positive affect, and posttraumatic growth.
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- 1 University of California, Irvine, USA.,2 Children's Hospital of Orange County, USA
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Rafaeli E, Gadassi R, Howland M, Boussi A, Lazarus G. Seeing bad does good: Relational benefits of accuracy regarding partners’ negative moods. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11031-017-9614-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Dailey RM, Crook B, Glowacki E, Prenger E, Winslow AA. Meeting Weight Management Goals: The Role of Partner Confirmation. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2016; 31:1482-1494. [PMID: 27092591 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2015.1089398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Social support research suggests romantic partners could play a vital role in the success of individuals' weight management (WM) efforts, but contradictory findings from previous research have impeded our understanding of how romantic partners influence weight management goal attainment. Employing a confirmation perspective, overweight participants (body mass index [BMI] greater than 25) who were actively trying to manage their weight (N = 53) were asked to respond to daily questionnaires for a period of 2 weeks regarding their interactions with their romantic partner. Diet, exercise, and general weight management goal accomplishment were assessed. HLM was employed to assess the independent and interactive effects of partner acceptance and challenge on each of these goals. Findings suggest that perceiving high levels of both acceptance and challenge from partners was associated with more general WM and diet goal accomplishment. However, greater attainment of exercise goals was associated with only challenge. Fluctuations in partner acceptance and challenge were also examined to determine whether consistency in confirmation behaviors was associated with WM goals. Hierarchical regressions revealed that fluctuations in acceptance, but not challenge, were linked with goal attainment. Specifically, fluctuations in acceptance were helpful for those whose partners were perceived to exhibit lower levels of acceptance, but fluctuations were detrimental for those whose partners exhibited greater acceptance. Implications for communication among couples in which one partner is attempting to lose weight are discussed.
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- René M Dailey
- a Department of Communication Studies , University of Texas at Austin
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- b School of Public Health , The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- c Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living , University of Texas at Austin
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- a Department of Communication Studies , University of Texas at Austin
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Gere J, Almeida DM, Martire LM. The Effects of Lack of Joint Goal Planning on Divorce over 10 Years. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163543. [PMID: 27668863 PMCID: PMC5036814 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Given the negative consequences of divorce on health and well-being, it is important to try to identify its predictors. In the current study we used data from the National Survey of Midlife Development (N = 2801) to examine the longitudinal effects of lack of joint goal planning with a romantic relationship partner on divorce over a 10-year period. Multilevel regression analyses showed that lack of joint planning with the relationship partner was associated with a 19% increase in the odds of divorce, even when controlling for various demographic (i.e., age, gender, relationship length, number of children in the household), individual (i.e., neuroticism, positive affect, negative affect, physical symptoms, planning), and relationship (i.e., marital empathy, partner strain, partner disagreement, marital satisfaction, commitment). These results demonstrate the importance of considering one's partner when making decisions and plans for the future, given that it has clear implications for relationship dissolution.
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- Judith Gere
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, United States of America
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Center for Healthy Aging, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Gadassi R, Bar-Nahum LE, Newhouse S, Anderson R, Heiman JR, Rafaeli E, Janssen E. Perceived Partner Responsiveness Mediates the Association Between Sexual and Marital Satisfaction: A Daily Diary Study in Newlywed Couples. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 2016; 45:109-120. [PMID: 25680818 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-014-0448-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Sexuality is an integral part of intimate relationships, yet surprisingly little is known about how and for whom sexuality matters. The present research investigated the interplay of sexual and non-sexual factors that contribute to relationship satisfaction. Specifically, we tested the hypothesis that the association between sexual satisfaction and marital satisfaction is mediated by a non-sexual factor-namely, perceived partner responsiveness (PPR). Additionally, we tested the role of gender as a possible moderator of this mediated association. Thirty-four newlywed couples completed diaries with each spouse reporting their sexual satisfaction, marital satisfaction, and PPR every day for 30 days. We tested our predictions at both the person level (i.e., the mean level across 30 days) and the daily level. At the person level, we found that sexual satisfaction and PPR separately predicted marital satisfaction. Moreover, the effect of sexual satisfaction on marital satisfaction was partially mediated by PPR. No gender differences emerged at this level. At the daily level, we found similar support for partial mediation. However, at this level, gender did serve as a moderator. The stronger mediation found for women was driven by a stronger association between sexual satisfaction and PPR for women than for men. This study joins a growing literature highlighting the role of PPR in dyadic relationships.
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- Reuma Gadassi
- Department of Psychology and Gonda Multidisciplinary Neuroscience Center, Bar-Ilan University, 52900, Ramat Gan, Israel.
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- Department of Psychology and Gonda Multidisciplinary Neuroscience Center, Bar-Ilan University, 52900, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Kinsey Institute and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Gonda Multidisciplinary Neuroscience Center, Bar-Ilan University, 52900, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Bar-Kalifa E, Hen-Weissberg A, Rafaeli E. Perceived Partner Responsiveness Mediates the Association Between Social Anxiety and Relationship Satisfaction in Committed Couples. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2015.34.7.587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kordahji H, Bar-Kalifa E, Rafaeli E. Attachment insecurity as a moderator of cardiovascular arousal effects following dyadic support. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Hudson NW, Fraley RC. Partner similarity matters for the insecure: Attachment orientations moderate the association between similarity in partners’ personality traits and relationship satisfaction. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Physical activity is critical for the management of knee osteoarthritis, and the spouse may play a role in encouraging or discouraging physical activity. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine four types of spousal influence-spouses' daily activity, autonomy support, pressure, and persuasion-on the daily physical activity of adults living with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS A total of 141 couples reported their daily experiences for 22 days using a handheld computer and wore an accelerometer to measure moderate activity and steps. RESULTS Spouses' autonomy support for patient physical activity, as well as their own level of activity, was concurrently associated with patients' greater daily moderate activity and steps. In addition, on days when male patients perceived that spouses exerted more pressure to be active, they spent less time in moderate activity. CONCLUSIONS Couple-oriented interventions for knee osteoarthritis should target physical activity in both partners and spousal strategies for helping patients stay active.
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Nahum-Shani I, Henderson MM, Lim S, Vinokur AD. Supervisor support: does supervisor support buffer or exacerbate the adverse effects of supervisor undermining? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 99:484-503. [PMID: 24490969 DOI: 10.1037/a0035313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Empirical investigations concerning the interplay between supervisor support and supervisor undermining behaviors and their effects on employees yielded contradictory findings, with some studies suggesting that support buffers the adverse effects of undermining, and others suggesting that support exacerbates these adverse effects. Seeking to explain such contradictory findings, we integrate uncertainty-management perspectives with coping theory to posit that relational uncertainty is inherent in the mixture of supervisor support and undermining. Hence, whether supervisor support buffers or exacerbates the adverse effects of supervisor undermining on employee health and well-being depends on factors pertaining to employee ability to resolve and manage such relational uncertainty. Specifically, we hypothesize a buffering effect for employees with high self-esteem and high quality of work life, and an exacerbating effect for employees with low self-esteem and low quality of work life. Analyses of 2-wave data collected from a probability stratified sample of U.S. Air Force personnel supported our predictions. Two supplementary studies of the U.S. military replicated our core findings and demonstrated its practical significance.
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- Department of Management and Organisation, National University of Singapore
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Ko HJ, Mejía S, Hooker K. Social possible selves, self-regulation, and social goal progress in older adulthood. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT 2013. [DOI: 10.1177/0165025413512063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lifespan development involves setting and pursuing self-guided goals. This study examines how in the social domain, possible selves, a future-oriented self-concept, and self-regulation, including self-regulatory beliefs and intraindividual variability in self-regulatory behavior, relate to differences in overall daily social goal progress. An online older-adult sample worked towards a self-defined meaningful social goal over 100 days. Multilevel analysis showed that participants with social possible selves made higher overall daily goal progress, especially those with both hoped-for and feared possible selves, than those with possible selves in nonsocial domains. Self-regulatory beliefs were positively whereas variability was negatively associated with overall daily goal progress. The findings suggest that possible selves, in combination with two distinct self-regulatory constructs, significantly guide social goal progress.
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- Han-Jung Ko
- School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, Oregon State University, USA
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- School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, Oregon State University, USA
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- School of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, Oregon State University, USA
- Center for Healthy Aging Research, Oregon State University, USA
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Unger D, Niessen C, Sonnentag S, Neff A. A question of time: Daily time allocation between work and private life. JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/joop.12045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Dana Unger
- Department of Psychology; University of Mannheim; Germany
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- Institute of Psychology; Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg; Germany
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- LMU Center for Leadership and People Management; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Germany
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Mejia ST, Hooker K. Relationship Processes Within the Social Convoy: Structure, Function, and Social Goals. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2013; 69:376-86. [DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Gere J, Schimmack U, Pinkus RT, Lockwood P. The effects of romantic partners’ goal congruence on affective well-being. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We examine the link between depression and empathic accuracy, the ability to infer other people’s thoughts and feelings, as a possible mechanism underlying gender differences in the association between depression and interpersonal difficulties within intimate relationships. Fifty-one heterosexual couples completed questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms and participated in both a lab and a daily diary procedure assessing empathic accuracy. In the lab measures, women’s (but not men’s) higher levels of depressive symptoms were associated with lower empathic accuracy regarding partners’ thoughts and feelings. In the daily diary data, women’s depressive symptoms were specifically associated with lower levels of empathic accuracy for negative feelings but not for positive feelings, and with lower levels of their partners’ empathic accuracy for the women’s negative feelings. Men’s depressive symptoms were again unrelated to levels of empathic accuracy. Our findings suggest that depressive symptoms may have a stronger impact on interpersonal perception in intimate relationships among women than among men.
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- Reuma Gadassi
- School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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- School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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- Department of Psychology and Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University
- Department of Psychology, Barnard College, Columbia University
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Overall NC, Fletcher GJO, Simpson JA. Helping each other grow: romantic partner support, self-improvement, and relationship quality. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2010; 36:1496-513. [PMID: 20858888 DOI: 10.1177/0146167210383045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This research tested whether and how partners' support of self-improvement efforts influences recipients' relationship evaluations and self-improvement success. Study 1 provided an initial test of predictions using self-reports (N = 150). Study 2 assessed support behavior exhibited in couples' (N = 47) discussions of self-improvement desires, and tracked relationship quality and self-improvement every 3 months for 1 year. More nurturing and action-facilitating partner support was more helpful to recipients, whereas partners who criticized and invalidated recipients were less helpful. Receiving more help from the partner, in turn, predicted greater relationship quality and more self-improvement. More negative support seeking also predicted lower self-improvement because recipients' behavior elicited less partner help. These effects were not attributable to partners' general warmth and understanding, global self or relationship evaluations, how much recipients desired or tried to change, or whether targeted attributes posed relationship problems. This research documents the powerful influence that partners' help has on recipients' personal growth.
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- Nickola C Overall
- Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Howland M, Rafaeli E. Bringing Everyday Mind Reading Into Everyday Life: Assessing Empathic Accuracy With Daily Diary Data. J Pers 2010; 78:1437-68. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00657.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cranford JA, Tennen H, Zucker RA. Feasibility of using interactive voice response to monitor daily drinking, moods, and relationship processes on a daily basis in alcoholic couples. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2009; 34:499-508. [PMID: 20028351 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01115.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Daily process research on alcohol involvement has used paper-and-pencil and electronic data collection methods, but no studies have yet tested the feasibility of using Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology to monitor drinking, affective, and social interactional processes among alcoholic (ALC) couples. This study tested the feasibility of using IVR with n = 54 ALC couples. METHODS Participants were n = 54 couples (probands who met criteria for a past 1-year alcohol use disorder and their partners) recruited from a substance abuse treatment center and the local community. Probands and their partners reported on their daily drinking, marital interactions, and moods once a day for 14 consecutive days using an IVR system. Probands and partners were on average 43.4 and 43.0 years old, respectively. RESULTS Participants completed a total of 1,418 out of a possible 1,512 diary days for an overall compliance rate of 93.8%. ALC probands completed an average of 13.3 (1.0) diary reports, and partners completed an average of 13.2 (1.0) diary reports. On average, daily IVR calls lasted 7.8 (3.0) minutes for ALC probands and 7.6 (3.0) minutes for partners. Compliance was significantly lower on weekend days (Fridays and Saturdays) compared to other weekdays for probands and spouses. Although today's intoxication predicted tomorrow's noncompliance for probands but not spouses, the strongest predictor of proband's compliance was their spouse's compliance. Daily anxiety and marital conflict were associated with daily IVR nonresponse, which triggered automated reminder calls. CONCLUSIONS Findings supported that IVR is a useful method for collecting daily drinking, mood, and relationship process data from alcoholic couples. Probands' compliance is strongly associated with their partners' compliance, and automated IVR calls may facilitate compliance on high anxiety, high conflict days.
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- James A Cranford
- Department of Psychiatry, Addiction Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2700, USA.
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