CD38 is associated with bonding-relevant cognitions and relationship satisfaction over the first 3 years of marriage

AbstractAlthough there are numerous benefits to having a satisfying romantic relationship, maintaining high levels of relationship satisfaction is difficult. Many couples experience declines in relationship satisfaction in the early years of marriage, and such declines predict not only relationship dissolution but also poor mental and physical health. Several recent studies indicate that genetic variation on the CD38 gene (CD38), at the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs3796863, is associated with cognitions and behaviors related to pair bonding; we thus leveraged longitudinal data from a sample of newlywed couples (N = 139 genotyped individuals; 71 couples) to examine whether rs3796863 is associated with relationship maintenance processes and, in turn, relationship satisfaction in the early years of marriage. Replicating and extending prior research, we found that individuals with the CC genotype (vs. AC/AA) of rs3796863 reported higher levels of gratitude, trust, and forgiveness and that trust mediated the association between rs3796863 and marital satisfaction. Moreover, the benefits conferred to CC individuals lasted over the first 3 years of marriage. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine the link between variation in CD38 rs3796863 and marital functioning over time.

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Gender Differences In Relationship Maintenance Behaviors and Relationship Satisfaction

SOCIAL WELFARE INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH ◽

10.21277/sw.v2i8.367 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (8) ◽

pp. 30

Author(s):

Visvaldas Legkauskas ◽

Gintarė Paznionaitė

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Romantic Relationship ◽

Relationship Maintenance ◽

Men And Women ◽

Maintenance Strategies ◽

Relationship Duration ◽

Satisfaction Index ◽

Maintenance Behaviors ◽

Relationship Maintenance Behaviors

<p align="left">The present study investigated whether there are gender differences in how perceived use of relationship maintenance strategies by a partner is linked to subject’s relationship satisfaction in a Lithuanian sample. The sample consisted of 472 participants in committed romantic relationship, including 389 women and 83 men with a mean age of 21.89 years. The sample included 232 participants in dating relationship, 216 cohabiting and 24 married. Mean relationship duration was 31.91 months. Stafford’s (2011) Relationship Maintenance Behaviors Measure was used to assess relationship maintenance, while relationship satisfaction was measured by Couples Satisfaction Index (CSI-32) of Funk and Rogge (2007). Results of the study indicated that women perceived their partners using more positivity, understanding, assurances, sharing tasks, and social network strategies than men did. While no statistically significant gender differences in relationship satisfaction were found, all relationship maintenance strategies were positively correlated with relationship satisfaction for both men and women. However, strategies contributing towards prediction of relationship satisfaction differed for men and women. For women, relationship satisfaction was best predicted by perceived assurances, followed by understanding, positivity, and self-disclosure, which collectively accounted for just under 40% of variance in relationship satisfaction. For men, only perceived partner’s positivity was significant predictor of relationship satisfaction, but it alone accounted for 51.6 percent of variance in relationship satisfaction. Neither relationship status nor relationship duration were significant in predicting relationship satisfaction of either men or women.</p>

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Putting me back together by getting back together: Post-dissolution self-concept confusion predicts rekindling desire among anxiously attached individuals

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407520962849 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 384-392

Author(s):

Morgan A. Cope ◽

Brent A. Mattingly

Keyword(s):

Emotional Distress ◽

Romantic Relationship ◽

Attachment Anxiety ◽

Self Concept ◽

Relationship Dissolution ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cross Sectional Studies ◽

The Relationship ◽

Over Time

Previous research suggests that romantic relationship dissolution diminishes self-concept clarity, leading to emotional distress. Over time, people overcome breakup. But little is known about how people respond to the reduced self-concept clarity that results from this process. The current research examined predictors and mediators of relationship rekindling (desiring to reestablish a relationship with an ex-partner) as a method of navigating self-concept clarity impairment post-dissolution. In two cross-sectional studies, we found that attachment anxiety predicted relationship rekindling both retrospectively (Study 1) and concurrently (Study 2), and this association was mediated by self-concept clarity. These results indicate that anxiously attached individuals may attempt to resolve the substantial self-concept impairment posed by dissolution by reestablishing the relationship with the ex-partner.

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Associations between a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of theFTOGene (rs9939609) and Obesity-Related Characteristics over Time during Puberty in a Dutch Children Cohort

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ◽

10.1210/jc.2010-2413 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 96 (6) ◽

pp. E939-E942 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Femke Rutters ◽

Arie G. Nieuwenhuizen ◽

Freek Bouwman ◽

Edwin Mariman ◽

Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga

Keyword(s):

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism ◽

Nucleotide Polymorphism ◽

Single Nucleotide ◽

Dutch Children ◽

Over Time

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Direct and indirect effects of maternal, paternal, and offspring genotypes: Trio-GCTA

10.1101/2020.05.15.097840 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Espen Moen Eilertsen ◽

Eshim Shahid Jami ◽

Tom A. McAdams ◽

Laurie J. Hannigan ◽

Alexandra S. Havdahl ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Relationship Satisfaction ◽

Real Data ◽

Genetic Effects ◽

Direct And Indirect Effects ◽

Nucleotide Polymorphism ◽

Single Nucleotide ◽

Indirect Genetic Effects ◽

Genome Wide ◽

The Family ◽

Polymorphism Data

AbstractIndirect genetic effects from relatives may result in misleading quantifications of heritability, but can also be of interest in their own right. In this paper we propose Trio-GCTA, a model for separating direct and indirect genetic effects when genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism data have been collected from parent-offspring trios. The model is applicable to phenotypes obtained from any of the family members. We discuss appropriate parameter interpretations and apply the method to four exemplar phenotypes; offspring birth weight, offspring temperament, maternal relationship satisfaction, and paternal body-mass index, using real data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).

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What Do I Call Us? The Investment Model of Commitment Processes and Changes in Relationship Categorization

Social Psychological and Personality Science ◽

10.1177/1948550617745115 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 235-243 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Benjamin W. Hadden ◽

S. Marie Harvey ◽

Richard A. Settersten ◽

Christopher R. Agnew

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Sexual Relationships ◽

Investment Model ◽

Relationship Maintenance ◽

Relational Self ◽

Relationship Dissolution ◽

Relationship Types ◽

Over Time

The investment model of commitment has been used to understand relationship maintenance and dissolution across a variety of populations and relationship types. The current study used data from the Project on Partner Dynamics (POPD), a cohort study of young adults involved in nonmarital sexual relationships in the Los Angeles area, to test whether and how the investment model of commitment processes predicts individuals' self-reported categorizations of their relationships over time. We examined (1) how relationship categorizations are associated with variables outlined by the investment model and (2) whether model variables predict changes in relationship categorization over time. We found that changes in relationship self-categorization were associated with simultaneous changes in investment model variables, and that the model largely predicts the likelihood of future changes in relational self-categorization. These results are the first to examine how the investment model prospectively predicts the progression or regression of relationships beyond relationship dissolution.

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