Responsiveness to personal positive events in married couples predicts positive relationship outcomes

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Setrakian ◽  
Gian Gonzaga ◽  
Lynette Lau ◽  
Gazi Begum ◽  
Thomas Bradbury
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Relationship Outcomes

An experimental approach to communal coping

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752199246
Author(s):  
Melissa Zajdel ◽  
Vicki S. Helgeson
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Communal Coping ◽  
Observational Measures ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
The Individual

Communal coping has been linked to better psychological and physical health across a variety of stressful contexts. However, there has been no experimental work causally linking communal coping to relationship and health outcomes. In addition, research has emphasized the collaboration over the shared appraisal component of communal coping. The present study sought to isolate the role of appraisal by manipulating whether dyads viewed a stressor as shared or individual. Friend dyads (n = 64 dyads; 128 participants) were randomly assigned to view a stressor as either a shared or an individual problem, but both groups were allowed to work together. Across self-report and observational measures dyads reported more collaboration and support, better relationship outcomes, and more positive mood after the stressor in the shared than the individual appraisal group. This is the first laboratory evidence to establish causal links of communal coping—specifically shared appraisal—to positive relationship and health outcomes.

scholarly journals Seeking and Ensuring Interdependence: Desiring Commitment and the Strategic Initiation and Maintenance of Close Relationships

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Tan ◽  
Christopher R. Agnew ◽  
Benjamin W. Hadden
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Relationship Commitment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Future Research Directions

The current research offers and examines the concept of commitment desirability, defined as the subjective desire to be involved in a committed romantic relationship at a given time. In pursuing their desire for a committed romance, how do individuals high in commitment desirability strategically ensure success? We suggest that high perceived partner commitment is sought by individuals who themselves desire to be involved in a committed relationship. In three studies involving individuals both currently involved and not involved in a relationship, we found support for the hypothesized interactive effect of commitment desirability and perceived partner commitment, such that greater commitment desirability was associated with more positive relationship outcomes, especially when partners were perceived to be high in commitment. The present research suggests that commitment desirability is a meaningful predictor of relationship attitudes and behaviors. Implications for understanding relationship commitment as well as future research directions are discussed.

A closer look at attachment, sexuality, and couple relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 1362-1385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean M. Busby ◽  
Veronica Hanna-Walker ◽  
Jeremy B. Yorgason
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Debut ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
Insecure Attachment ◽  
Attachment Patterns ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Number Of Sexual Partners ◽  
Nationally Representative

In this study, the relationships between attachment patterns and relationship outcomes were explored through the mechanism of sexuality with two large samples from the U.S. In the first sample ( N = 4,834), the associations between insecure attachment patterns, the number of committed and casual sexual partners, timing of sexual debut, and relationship status were explored. In the second sample, a nationally representative sample of recently married couples ( N = 4212), an actor–partner model was used to explore the associations with attachment on the number of sexual partners and sexual timing and their subsequent influence on relationship and sexual satisfaction over two time points. The results indicated that, for Sample 1, insecure attachment was associated with both the number of casual and committed sexual partners and an increased likelihood of being single for men and women. For Sample 2, the actor–partner measures of attachment were associated with relationship and sexual satisfaction over two time points but had weak associations with the number of sexual partners and sexual timing.

Opportunities and opportunism with high-status B2B partners in emerging economies

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 684-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Noel Gould ◽  
Annie H. Liu ◽  
Yang Yu
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Future Research ◽  
High Status ◽  
Content Type ◽  
B2b Marketing ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Status Theory

Purpose This study examines the potential of foreign business-to-business (B2B) firms to select high-status local partners in emerging markets to achieve positive relationship outcomes. Because a domestic firm’s high status may also promote opportunism, the study also examines if the foreign B2B firms may mitigate such behavior through either or both transaction-specific investments (TSIs) and socialization. Design/methodology/approach The research is conducted via a model that suggests a positive correlation between high local partner status and the focal relationship outcomes and the moderating effects of structural TSIs and social governance systems. The model was developed and empirically tested using data collected from 96 foreign firms operating in China. Findings Using multiple regressions, the findings suggest that foreign B2B firms are likely to achieve more beneficial relationship outcomes with high-status local partners. Standing alone, foreign B2B firms’ TSIs mitigate the positive relationship outcomes, whereas their socialization with the high-status partners enhances the beneficial outcomes. Most importantly, combining socialization with TSIs increases beneficial outcomes. Research limitations/implications This study adds to B2B marketing, status theory and the application of transaction cost economics (TCE) and social exchange theory to foreign-local B2B exchange relationships in emerging markets. The findings confirm the attractiveness of high status in emerging markets by exploring how the selection, formation and chosen B2B governance processes may lead to competing outcomes of opportunism or success. Future research will benefit from simultaneously securing data from both sides of the dyad. Practical implications The paper suggests that foreign B2B firms consider high status as a key criterion in selecting local partners in emerging markets and the importance of managing high-status partners’ potential opportunism by effective governance mechanisms. Originality/value This study is one of the first to apply and explore the workings of status theory in the foreign-local B2B partner selection process and relationship outcomes in emerging markets and thereby contributes to B2B marketing, status theory and both TCE and social exchange theories in the focal foreign-local B2B context.

Social Contributors and Consequences of Habitual and Compulsive Game Play

2019 ◽  
pp. 343-362
Author(s):  
Donghee Yvette Wohn ◽  
Yu-Hao Lee ◽  
Elif Yilmaz Ozkaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Addictive Behavior ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Simulation Games ◽  
Problematic Use ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Social Motivations ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship between social motivations, pro-social relationship outcomes, and two types of game play—habitual and compulsive—in the context of simulation games on Facebook. Social motivations were significantly associated with compulsive game play, but not habitual game play. Compulsive play was a positive predictor of pro-social outcomes whereas habitual use was not. By differentiating two different types of media use that are both associated with problematic use, the authors see that social factors contribute to people's inability to control their gaming behavior, but that the so-called “addictive” behavior can also yield positive relationship outcomes.

Social Contributors and Consequences of Habitual and Compulsive Game Play

2019 ◽  
pp. 362-381
Author(s):  
Donghee Yvette Wohn ◽  
Yu-Hao Lee ◽  
Elif Yilmaz Ozkaya
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Addictive Behavior ◽  
Game Play ◽  
Simulation Games ◽  
Problematic Use ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Social Motivations ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines the relationship between social motivations, pro-social relationship outcomes, and two types of game play—habitual and compulsive—in the context of simulation games on Facebook. Social motivations were significantly associated with compulsive game play, but not habitual game play. Compulsive play was a positive predictor of pro-social outcomes whereas habitual use was not. By differentiating two different types of media use that are both associated with problematic use, the authors see that social factors contribute to people's inability to control their gaming behavior, but that the so-called “addictive” behavior can also yield positive relationship outcomes.

Marital Adjustment: An Examination of Some Predictive Variables in an Australian Sample

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-382
Author(s):  
C. F. Sharpley ◽  
J. A. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Predictive Variables ◽  
Background Data ◽  
Australian Sample ◽  
Adjustment Test

Marital adjustment was measured by the Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test (1959) for 101 married couples, at least one spouse of each couple being a student of psychology at an Australian university. Value-systems held by subjects were measured by the Flowers and Hughes Values for Marriage Analysis (1975). Background data on previously significant variables were also collected. A positive relationship between people-oriented values and marital adjustment for individuals was noted, plus a negative relationship between self-oriented values and marital adjustment. There was no significant relationship between marital adjustment and congruency of value-systems between spouses. Background variables were not significantly related to marital adjustment.

Influencing Adaptive Relationship Beliefs and Promoting Positive Relationship Outcomes

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenna Bemis ◽  
Todd Goski ◽  
Yanna Weisberg ◽  
Patricia A. Frazier ◽  
Jeffry A. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Relationship Beliefs ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Adaptive Relationship

Experiencing a Natural Disaster Temporarily Boosts Relationship Satisfaction in Newlywed Couples

2021 ◽  
pp. 095679762110156
Author(s):  
Hannah C. Williamson ◽  
Thomas N. Bradbury ◽  
Benjamin R. Karney
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Natural Disaster ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Recovery Period ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Harris County ◽  
Relationship Outcomes ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Levels Of Functioning

How do natural disasters affect intimate relationships? Some research suggests that couples are brought closer together after a disaster, whereas other research suggests that relationships become more strained in the aftermath. Yet all of this work is limited by a lack of predisaster data that would allow for examination of how relationships actually change. The current study is the first to use longitudinal data collected before and after a natural disaster to examine its effect on relationship outcomes. Using a sample of 231 married couples in Harris County, Texas, who experienced Hurricane Harvey, we found that spouses experienced significant increases in satisfaction from before to after the hurricane, but the increase was temporary; couples decreased in satisfaction after the initial boost. Thus, couples appear to grow closer in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster but then revert to their prehurricane levels of functioning as the recovery period continues.

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