Vocational interests and relationship satisfaction: An actor-partner interdependence model

It is commonly known from the literature that Machiavellian individuals have negative attitudes towards people and in general towards the world´s affairs. They are distrustful of the intentions of others, and they get cautiously involved into interpersonal interactions and take risks only if that may not have any severe negative consequence. It is also a fact that there are few ventures in life that potentially involve as much insecurity and personal vulnerability as the establishment and maintenance of close relationships. In our study, we were seeking the answer to the question: do people with high levels of Machiavellianism show a generally negative, distrustful and cautious attitude in their intimate relationships, as well? What effect their pessimistic approaches have on the other consequences of the relationship (satisfaction, commitment, investment, quality of alternatives)? This question was investigated on a dyadic sample of heterosexual couples (N = 101 pairs) with Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM). The results of the correlations and actor effects show that men with high levels of Machiavellianism perceive in a negative way not just people in general, but their romantic partners and relationships as well and they experience an increased level of distrust, risk, and dissatisfaction into their close relationships. Women with high levels of Machiavellianism are less negativistic and feel less discontent towards their intimate partner and relationship, but even they are unable to put their distrust and precaution aside. The results of partner effects have revealed that women's Machiavellianism undermines men's trust, while men's Machiavellianism has the effect of minimizing women's investment into their relationship.

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Implications of relationship-induced self-concept change across partners: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model approach

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407520903799 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 37 (5) ◽

pp. 1554-1562

Author(s):

Kevin P. McIntyre ◽

Brent A. Mattingly ◽

Sarah A. Gorban ◽

Morgan A. Cope

Keyword(s):

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Romantic Partners ◽

Self Concept ◽

Change Processes ◽

Degradation Processes ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽

Concept Change ◽

The Relationship ◽

Model Approach

Investigations of relationship-induced self-concept change and relationship quality have generally been limited to intraindividual effects (i.e., actor effects). In the current study, we examined whether self-changes influence romantic partners’ perceptions of relationship satisfaction and commitment (i.e., partner effects). Using the actor–partner interdependence model, we tested how four self-concept change processes—self-expansion, self-pruning, self-contraction, and self-adulteration—are associated with relationship satisfaction and commitment. Results revealed robust actor effects across all self-change processes and partner effects on satisfaction for degradation processes only (i.e., self-contraction and self-adulteration), suggesting that self-changes differentially predict individuals’ and partners’ perceptions of the relationship.

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Relationship satisfaction in the time of COVID-19: The role of shared reality in perceiving partner support for frontline health-care workers

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/02654075211020127 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026540752110201

Author(s):

M. Catalina Enestrom ◽

John E. Lydon

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Significant Others ◽

Partner Support ◽

Shared Reality ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽

Care Workers ◽

Do So

People often rely on partner support and shared reality during stressful and uncertain times. As such, the current research explored how these may relate to relationship satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. To do so, 155 frontline health-care workers and their significant others completed measures of shared reality and relationship satisfaction, while also indicating their levels of perceived or provided support, respectively. We proposed that shared reality would foster partners providing and health-care workers perceiving support which would, in turn, promote greater relationship satisfaction. Overall, both shared reality and partner support were positively associated with relationship satisfaction for health-care workers and their significant others. Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model with Mediation (APIMeM), we found shared reality to be associated with greater relationship satisfaction through health-care workers perceiving greater support from their partner. Our research demonstrates that shared reality may be a way for people under stress to perceive greater partner support, providing relational benefits for the couple as a whole.

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Influence of Subsystem between Parent-in-law and Children-in-law on Marital Adjustment in Marital Subsystem

Family and Environment Research ◽

10.6115/fer.2020.030 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 417-428

Author(s):

Sesong Jeon

Keyword(s):

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Program Development ◽

Marital Adjustment ◽

Married Couple ◽

Married Couples ◽

Marital Stability ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽

High Satisfaction ◽

The Relationship

This study investigates the effect of in-law relationship on the marital adjustment of married couples by considering family-oriented Korean culture. Previous in-law studies did not consider the influence of another party who did not attend the survey due to sampling limitations. However, the marital adjustment of married couple and the satisfaction of the relationship with parents-in-law are two-way relationships that affect each other and are not one-sided relationships. By considering the non-independence of the couple’s data, Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) was utilized to examine the structural relationship between marital adjustment (marital satisfaction and marital stability) and in-law relationship quality (relationship satisfaction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for wives, relationship satisfaction between mother-in-law and son-in-law for husbands) of 203 married couples. Results indicated that a high satisfaction of wives’ in-law relationship increased personal marital adjustment as well as husbands’ marital adjustment. The husbands’ positive relationship with in-laws also increased personal marital adjustment and their wives’ marital adjustment. The results of this study can be used as basic data for program development and counseling for healthy in-law relationship as well as educational data for couples intending to marry.

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Couple relationship satisfaction: The role of recollection of parental acceptance, self-differentiation, and spousal caregiving

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/02654075211033029 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026540752110330

Author(s):

Ricky Finzi-Dottan ◽

Miriam Schiff

Keyword(s):

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Couple Relationship ◽

Maternal Acceptance ◽

Spousal Caregiving ◽

Spousal Relationship ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽

Self Differentiation ◽

The Relationship

The actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) was employed in this study to investigate the mediating effect self-differentiation and spousal caregiving have on the relationship between recollection of parental care and acceptance and couple satisfaction. One hundred and forty-four non-clinical couples (N = 288) in enduring relationships were recruited. Results for actor effects revealed two mediating paths whereby, among both partners, recollection of maternal (but not paternal) acceptance was associated with their self-differentiation and responsive spousal caregiving, which, in turn, were linked to their spousal relationship satisfaction. Partner effects revealed three mediating paths: for both partners, recollection of childhood maternal acceptance was associated with responsive caregiving, which, in turn, was linked with their partner’s relationship satisfaction. Interestingly, the husbands’ recollection of maternal acceptance was associated with their partners’ responsive spousal caregiving, which was linked to both spouses’ relationship satisfaction. Our results may support the theoretical assumptions regarding intergenerational continuity from perceptions of childhood via self-differentiation effecting couple caregiving to couple relationship, but only on the mother’s part.

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Adult Attachment And Relationship Satisfaction In Couples Facing Multiple Sclerosis

10.32920/ryerson.14657685.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Cassandra J. Crangle

Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Dyadic Adjustment ◽

Insecure Attachment ◽

Self Report ◽

Internal Working Models ◽

Working Models ◽

Internal Working ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽

Dyadic Attachment

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating neurological disorder associated with significant relationship distress. Although greater insecure attachment (dysfunctional internal working models that guide one‟s approach to relationships) has been associated with worse relationship satisfaction, this association has been overlooked in MS. The actor-partner interdependence model was used to evaluate the effects of one‟s own (actor) and one‟s partner‟s (partner) attachment on dyadic adjustment, and whether they differed by sex or role. The effect of matching of attachment between partners (dyadic attachment) was evaluated, and hostility was examined as a mediator of effects. 110 MS couples completed self-report questionnaires. Results showed significant actor and partner effects of greater insecure attachment on worse dyadic adjustment, and sex emerged as a moderator. Dyadic attachment was significantly related to dyadic adjustment. Hostile conflict partially mediated actor and partner effects of insecure attachment. Implications for the greater attachment literature and relevance to MS are discussed.

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Testing integrated models of relationship satisfaction among married Chinese couples using the actor–partner interdependence model

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407518757708 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 1256-1277

Author(s):

Juhong Liu ◽

Todd Jackson

Keyword(s):

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Conflict Management ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Self Report ◽

Heterosexual Couples ◽

Mainland Chinese ◽

Passionate Love ◽

Avoidant Attachment ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model

Enduring dynamics including attachment styles and changes in the nature of interactions during the course of marriage such as increased disillusionment and mounting conflict have been implicated in separate accounts of relationship dissatisfaction and dissolution. However, the viability of integrated accounts is not well understood, especially in collectivist, non-Western contexts. Toward elucidating this issue, we examined links between attachment style, facets of disillusionment versus emergent distress model features, and relationship satisfaction in married, mainland Chinese couples. Both partners in 404 heterosexual couples completed self-report measures of relationship satisfaction, attachment style, key features of the disillusionment perspective (passionate love, relationship aggrandizement, disillusionment), and emergent distress account (problems in conflict management). Dyadic and structural aspects of mediation were tested using the actor–partner interdependence model. Within each gender, associations between elevations in avoidant attachment and reduced relationship satisfaction were mediated by participant and partner experiences of disillusionment on one hand and conflict management difficulties on the other hand. Acceptable fits were observed for final attachment–disillusionment and attachment–emergent distress models. Together, the results suggested increases in relationship disillusionment and conflict are plausible pathways by which high levels of avoidant attachment increase risk for losses of relationship satisfaction within married Chinese couples.

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Love exchange and relationship satisfaction among same-sex couples: an actor-partner interdependence model

Psychology and Sexuality ◽

10.1080/19419899.2021.1935308 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nina Brkić-Jovanović ◽

Milica Lazić ◽

Ivan Jerković ◽

Tatjana Krstić ◽

Jelena Srdanović Maraš

Keyword(s):

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Same Sex ◽

Same Sex Couples ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model

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An Attachment Theory Perspective in the Examination of Relational Processes Associated With Coach-Athlete Dyads

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology ◽

10.1123/jsep.35.2.156 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 156-167 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Louise Davis ◽

Sophia Jowett ◽

Marc-André K. Lafrenière

Keyword(s):

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Model ◽

Relational Processes ◽

Avoidant Attachment ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model

The aim of the current study was to examine actor and partner effects of (a) athletes’ and coaches’ attachment styles (avoidant and anxious) on the quality of the coach-athlete relationship, and (b) athletes’ and coaches’ quality of the coach-athlete relationship on relationship satisfaction employing the actor-partner interdependence model (Kenny, Kashy, & Cook, 2006). Coaches (N = 107) and athletes (N = 107) completed a questionnaire related to attachment styles, relationship quality, and relationship satisfaction. Structural equation model analyses revealed (a) actor effects for coaches’ and athletes’ avoidant attachment styles on their own perception of relationship quality and coaches’ and athletes’ perception of relationship quality on their own perception of relationship satisfaction, and (b) partner effects for athletes’ avoidant attachment style on coaches’ perceptions of relationship quality and for coaches’ perceptions of relationship quality on athletes’ perceptions of relationship satisfaction. The findings highlight that attachments styles can help us understand the processes involved in the formation and maintenance of quality relational bonds between coaches and athletes.

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