Using Technology to Connect in Romantic Relationships: Effects on Attachment, Relationship Satisfaction, and Stability in Emerging Adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 314-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori Cluff Schade ◽  
Jonathan Sandberg ◽  
Roy Bean ◽  
Dean Busby ◽  
Sarah Coyne
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Attachment Relationship

Should i stay or should i go? Attachment and personality in stable and instable romantic relationships

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 475-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Lehnart ◽  
Franz J. Neyer
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Relationship Development ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Attachment Relationship ◽  
Attachment Quality ◽  
Partnership Satisfaction ◽  
Reciprocal Influences

Attachment, relationship satisfaction and personality were measured in a representative longitudinal sample of young adults over 8 years with three measurement occasions. The dynamics between personality and relationship development were examined in two groups: stable continuers (N = 133), who remained with the same partner, and relationship changers (N = 92), who ended their partnership and entered into a new relationship. Partnership satisfaction but not personality predicted relationship stability. Neuroticism and attachment quality were more stable in continuers than in changers. Cross‐lagged analyses of personality and relationship quality revealed a more consistent pattern of reciprocal influences in stable relationships, showing that dynamic transactions between personality and relationship quality are more likely to occur in stable social environments. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Activities and Relationship Satisfaction in Emerging Adults: Importance of Participants

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea D. Mata ◽  
Katherine C. Schinka ◽  
Jurdene Ingram ◽  
Manfred H. M. Van Dulmen
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Emerging Adults

Sexting and Relationship Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults: Dispelling the Myth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Matotek ◽  
Dominika Howard ◽  
Elizabeth M. Clancy ◽  
Ian Fuelscher ◽  
Bianca Klettke
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Emerging Adults

Depressive Experience and Romantic Relationships in Young Adulthood

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 339-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Morrison ◽  
Anthony J. Urquiza ◽  
Beth L. Goodlin-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Attachment Security ◽  
Relationship Distress ◽  
Sexual Dissatisfaction ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Relational Aspect ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the associations between two factors of depressive experience (dependency and self-criticism) and satisfaction in adult romantic relationships. The Depressive Experiences Questionnaire, along with measures of attachment and relationship satisfaction, were administered to 107 men and 140 women attending local community colleges. Self-criticism was associated with global relationship distress and sexual dissatisfaction. In a combined regression equation, measures of self-criticism, attachment security, and attachment activation all contributed to predicting general relationship distress. Only scores on self-criticism predicted sexual dissatisfaction. The relationship dissatisfaction reported by those with high scores on self-criticism appears to be a relational aspect of the “destructiveness of perfectionism” described by Blatt.

Examining Whether Social Anxiety Influences Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Frances L. Doyle ◽  
Andrew J. Baillie ◽  
Erica Crome
Keyword(s):  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Socially Anxious ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Relationship Processes ◽  
Conflict Initiation ◽  
Romantic Relationship Satisfaction

Abstract Research investigating social anxiety and the impacts on romantic relationships remains scarce. An online questionnaire examining romantic relationship status, social anxiety and depression symptomology, relationship satisfaction, and several relationship processes was completed by 444 adults. Individuals with higher social anxiety were less likely to be in romantic relationships. For the 188 adults in our sample in current relationships, relationship satisfaction was not influenced by social anxiety when controlling for depression. Although it was proposed that self-disclosure, social support, trust, and conflict initiation might influence romantic relationship satisfaction, none of these mechanisms interacted with social anxiety to explain additional variance in relationship satisfaction. These findings indicate that depression symptomology may be a treatment target for socially anxious individuals wishing to improve romantic relationship satisfaction.

scholarly journals Friendship and Romantic Relationships Among Emerging Adults With and Without Type 1 Diabetes

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Helgeson ◽  
K. Mascatelli ◽  
K. A. Reynolds ◽  
D. Becker ◽  
O. Escobar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Emerging Adults

Who gets mad and who feels bad? Mate value discrepancies predict anger and shame in response to transgressions in romantic relationships

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 2963-2982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cari D. Goetz ◽  
Nestor M. Maria
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Mate Value ◽  
Committed Relationships ◽  
Relational Transgressions ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Theories Of Emotions

Mate value discrepancies (MVDs) predict multiple outcomes in romantic relationships, including relationship satisfaction, jealousy, and forgiveness. We tested the hypotheses that MVDs would predict anger and shame in response to both medium and strong transgressions within romantic relationships. Participants in long-term committed relationships read scenarios describing relational transgressions and rated how much anger and shame they would feel if they were either the victim or the perpetrator of the transgressions in their current relationship. We found partial support for our hypotheses. Victims of medium-level transgressions were angrier the more alternative potential mates there were that were closer to their ideal mate preferences than their current partner. Perpetrators of strong transgressions felt more shame the higher in mate value their partner was compared to them. Results suggest that different MVDs may predict different outcomes in relationships and highlight the importance of using functional theories of emotions to predict individual differences in emotional responses.

scholarly journals Responses to sexual advances and satisfaction in romantic relationships: Is yes good and no bad?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiersten Dobson ◽  
Jenney Zhu ◽  
Rhonda Nicole Balzarini ◽  
Lorne Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Daily Diary ◽  
Sexual Advance

We examine the relations between accepting and rejecting a partner’s sexual advances with sexual and relationship satisfaction, and assess how long these effects endure. Couples (N =115) completed a 21-day daily diary indicating whether a partner made a sexual advance each day, and if so, whether the advance was accepted or rejected. Having one’s sexual advance accepted was associated with increased sexual and relationship satisfaction that day, and increased sexual satisfaction up to 24 hours later. Having one’s sexual advance rejected was associated with decreased sexual satisfaction that day and up to 48 hours later. Sexual advances made by one’s partner were associated with increased sexual satisfaction that day and for up to 72 hours later, regardless of whether the advance was accepted or rejected. Findings indicate benefits of sexual activity, but also prolonged post-rejection decreases in sexual satisfaction.

scholarly journals Preregistered replication of Stoeber (2012): Dyadic perfectionism in romantic relationships

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Williams ◽  
Catelyn Gill
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Dyadic Perfectionism

The present study reports a preregistered replication of a study by Stoeber (2012) investigating the relationships between dyadic perfectionism, relationship satisfaction and longterm commitment. Our study included 71 couples in a dyadic design that measured actor and partner effects using multilevel regression analyses. The findings were mixed: We were able to reproduce some of the relationships reported by Stoeber, some failed to reproduce, and some new relationships were found. Participants who perceived that their partners had perfectionistic expectations of them did tend to report lower relationship satisfaction and longterm commitment. However, there was no evidence of a relationship between the degree to which participants self-reported having perfectionistic standards towards their partners and their partners’ relationship satisfaction and longterm commitment.

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