They May Disapprove, but I Still Love You: Attachment Behaviors Moderate the Effect of Social Disapproval on Marital Relationship Quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 1530-1551
Author(s):  
Angela B. Bradford ◽  
Lauren Drean ◽  
Jonathan G. Sandberg ◽  
Lee N. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Marital Relationship

scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF CUSTODIAL STATUS ON MARITAL AFFECTUAL SOLIDARITY AND MENTAL HEALTH AMONG GRANDPARENTS.

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S944-S945
Author(s):  
Eunbea Kim ◽  
Danielle K Nadorff ◽  
Rachel Scott ◽  
Ian T McKay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Marital Relationship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
Custodial Grandparents ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Targeted Interventions

Abstract Increased life expectancy and the diversity of family structure have resulted in a substantial rise in the number of families with grandparents as the main caregivers (e.g. custodial grandparents). The structures of these families affect the well-being of all family members. After middle age, psychological well-being is associated with marital relationship quality, and raising one’s grandchildren is a known source of strain to relationships. The current study examined adults aged 40 and older (M age = 57.6 yr, 53% female) using a nationwide sample from MIDUS to assess the extent to which custodial grandparenting status influences marital affectual solidarity, depressive symptoms, life satisfaction, and perceived stress. Measures included the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Index, Spousal Affectual Solidarity, Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Perceived Stress Scale. Marital affectual solidarity was significantly related to custodial status and psychological well-being, and there were significant differences in marital relationship quality and psychological well-being between custodial grandparents and non-custodial grandparents. However, custodial status failed to moderate the relation between marital affectual solidarity and mental health. Although other factors surrounding custodial grandparents likely affect their marital relationship and mental health, these results suggest that grandparents raising grandchildren are under particular strain in their marriages and are in need of targeted interventions to ameliorate stress and depressive symptoms. These findings will inform the need for more research and supportive educational programs on family relationships and the psychological health of custodial grandparents.

scholarly journals Understanding the meaning of marital relationship quality among couples in peri-urban Ethiopia

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neetu A. John ◽  
Assefa Seme ◽  
Meselech Assegid Roro ◽  
Amy O. Tsui
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Marital Relationship

Psychometric properties of the revised Urdu version dyadic adjustment scale for evaluating marital relationship quality between madrassa and Non-Madrassa married women

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bushra Naeem ◽  
Muhammad Aqeel ◽  
Aneela Maqsood ◽  
Ishrat Yousaf ◽  
Saima Ehsan
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Marital Conflict ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Marital Relationship ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This study aims to explore the indigenous needs of married women in Pakistan due to the public health challenges they face due to marital conflict. The research focuses on investigating psychometric properties and cross-cultural validation of the revised dyadic adjustment scale’s (RDAS) Urdu translated version to assess marital relationship quality between married madrassa and non-madrassa women. The study examines empirically validated two-factor model (RDAS) between married madrassa and non-madrassa women (Busby et al., 1995; Hollist et al., 2012; Isanezhad et al., 2012; Christensen et al., 2006) and (Bayraktaroglu and Cakici, 2017). These studies approach including consensus, satisfaction and cohesion. Design/methodology/approach The investigators executed the study into two phases: a pilot test and the main survey. Findings The pilot study's findings specified that the Urdu translated version of the revised DAS indicated a decent internal consistency (a = 0.70). The overall revised DAS maintained a stronger test-retest correlation and tested it over 15 days (r = 0.95). The main study recorded 300 respondents' responses from madrassa and non-madrassa married women using a purposive sampling approach and recruited them from the locality of various madrassas and housing societies of Islamabad, Azad Kashmir and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The study findings showed higher intercorrelations between total and subscales of the revised DAS. It further compared the groups with a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) method and examined the revised DAS structure in married madrassa and non-madrassa women. Practical implications This study contributes to scientific knowledge and helps develop and validate indigenous cross-cultural instruments to examine marital life quality. It offers practical and reliable information about Pakistani couples' emotional attachment and marriage adjustment issues. Originality/value The study applied a three-factor solution, and it demonstrated a robust factorial validity in the context of Pakistani culture, which is a novel contribution to the literature.

Marital Relationship Quality in Early-Stage Dementia

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Clare ◽  
Sharon M. Nelis ◽  
Christopher J. Whitaker ◽  
Anthony Martyr ◽  
Ivana S. Markova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Marital Relationship

scholarly journals Spousal emotional support and relationship quality buffers pupillary response to horror movies

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0256823
Author(s):  
Tyler C. Graff ◽  
Joseph R. Fitzgerald ◽  
Steven G. Luke ◽  
Wendy C. Birmingham
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Marital Relationship ◽  
Pupillary Response ◽  
Marital Relationships ◽  
Pupil Dilation ◽  
Stress Buffering ◽  
Causal Mechanisms ◽  
Health Complications

Being satisfied in marriage provides protective stress buffering benefits to various health complications but the causal mechanisms and speed at which this is accomplished is less well understood. Much of the research on health and marriage has conceptualized marital quality in a unidimensional way, with high levels of either positivity or negativity. This conceptualization may not fully capture the nuanced benefits of marital relationships. Pupillometry is an innovative method which captures the effects of marital stress buffering on the body’s autonomic nervous system in real time; pupil dilation occurs within 200ms to stress exposure. Additionally, this method records hundreds of readings per second, providing precision and sensitivity. This preregistered experiment aimed to conceptually replicate previous pupillometry stress buffering results and extend the previous findings by including a generalizable, real-life stressor—viewing a horror movie—and multidimensional relationship quality effects. Eighty-three couples (166 participants) were quasi-grouped, based on a self-reported multidimensional relationship quality scale, to either supportive or ambivalent marital relationship conditions. They were then randomly assigned to either a spousal support (i.e., handholding) or non-support (spousal absence) condition and watched clips from both horror and nature movies while pupil dilation was measured. Tonic pupillary response results revealed that the horror video clips elicited a stress response and there were significant differences between the support and non-support conditions, as well as marital relationship quality conditions. These results frame the precision, speed, and sensitivity of pupillometry as a potentially fruitful method to investigate the causal mechanisms linking stress buffering and supportive marital relationships.

scholarly journals Cultural dynamics and marital relationship quality in Mexican-origin families.

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 844-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick A. Cruz ◽  
Nancy A. Gonzales ◽  
Marissa Corona ◽  
Kevin M. King ◽  
Ana Mari Cauce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Marital Relationship ◽  
Mexican Origin ◽  
Cultural Dynamics
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