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Through the Eyes of the Beholder: The Mediating Role of Relationship Acceptance in the Impact of Partner Behavior
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South, Susan C.; Doss, Brian D.; Christensen, Andrew – Family Relations, 2010
Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) posits that emotional reactions to a partner's behavior can be as important to the relationship as the behavior itself. This study examined whether acceptance (a) is distinct from relationship sentiment, (b) mediates the link between a partner's behavioral frequency and own relationship satisfaction,…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Role, Therapy, Emotional Response
Female Anxiety and Male Depression: Links between Economic Strain and Psychological Aggression in Argentinean Couples
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Falconier, Mariana K. – Family Relations, 2010
A dyadic model of economic strain was applied to the study of anxiety and depression as mediating mechanisms in the economic strain-psychological aggression relation. Data came from self-report questionnaires completed by 143 Argentinean clinical couples. Structural equation modeling analysis indicated that anxiety and depression increased for…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Psychology, Depression (Psychology)
Reactions to Hypothetical, Jealousy Producing Events.
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Hansen, Gary L. – Family Relations, 1982
Asked subjects (N=220) how they would feel about their mates' behavior in eight hypothetical situations designed to measure jealousy. Responses indicated that jealousy is likely to be a major issue. Sex role orientation is most consistently related to jealousy with sex role traditional subjects being the most jealous. (Author)
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Interpersonal Relationship, Jealousy, Psychological Characteristics
Spiritual Intimacy and Marital Satisfaction.
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Hatch, Ruth C.; And Others – Family Relations, 1986
Studied emotional intimacy as a possible intervening variable between spiritual intimacy and marital satisfaction. Indicated that the effect of spiritual intimacy, if any, is indirect, operating through emotional intimacy on marital satisfaction. Differences in spouse perceptions seem more related to emotional distance than are similarities…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Family Life, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Satisfaction
Anticipated Influences on Sexual Decision-Making for First Intercourse.
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Christopher, F. Scott; Cate, Rodney M. – Family Relations, 1985
Examined factors that 195 college students who were virgins perceived would influence them in deciding to engage in first intercourse. Three anticipated influence factors emerged: a physical arousal factor, a relationship factor, and a circumstance factor. Males and females differed on anticipated influence of the relationship factor. (NRB)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, College Students, Decision Making, Emotional Response
Strategies of Jealousy: Styles of Coping with Extramarital Involvement of the Spouse.
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Buunk, Bram – Family Relations, 1982
Discusses ways people cope with extramarital relationships of their spouses. Results found avoidance was significantly more common among women, especially among women with a low self-esteem. Both avoidance and reappraisal correlated positively with neuroticism. Communication occurred more often among people with high marital satisfaction. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Coping, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries