Personal characteristics, relationship quality, and social support perceptions and behavior in young adult romantic relationships

The goal of the current study is to examine the consequences of postdivorce dating breakup for young adult divorced mothers, ages 21–29. First, we hypothesized that breakup would be negatively related to maternal well-being. Second, we predicted that relationship quality would moderate this relationship. Third, we hypothesized that forming and maintaining new subsequent relationships after breakup would promote maternal well-being. Using monthly surveys completed by young adult divorced mothers over a 2-year period after divorce ( N = 51), we used hierarchical linear modeling techniques to test the changes in intercept and slope of breakup for maternal well-being. The event of breakup did not predict the changes in maternal well-being, whereas remaining single after breakup was negatively associated with depressive symptoms. Relationship quality and forming subsequent romantic relationships after breakup did not predict the changes in maternal well-being. Implications for maternal adjustment are discussed.

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Perceived Parental Relationship Behaviors, Dyadic Perfectionism in Romantic Relationships and Relationship Quality Among College Students

International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies ◽

10.17220/ijpes.2021.8.1.223 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 158-165

Author(s):

Cansu Tosun

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

College Students ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Romantic Relationships ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Romantic Relationship ◽

Evaluation Process ◽

Parental Relationship ◽

Dyadic Perfectionism ◽

Romantic Relationship Quality

Romantic relationship quality is affected by a number of individual and environmental factors. In evaluation process of romantic relationship, individual’s criteria and the resources that create these criteria have great importance as well. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the correlations among perceived parental relationship behaviors, dyadic perfectionism in romantic relationships, and relationship quality. The research sample comprised 246 students who studied in different departments at Trabzon University and had a romantic relationship at that time. As a result of the analysis, significant correlations were found between the perceived parental relationship behaviors and dyadic perfectionism in romantic relationships, and relationship quality. In addition, it was determined that order and social support scores of females were significantly higher than males. In line with the results, the previous studies reveal that negative patterns between parents and perfectionistic tendencies in relationships negatively affect romantic relationships.

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Associations among Eating Disorder Symptoms, Relationship Quality, and Perceived Social Support

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e413782005-335 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

Melissa K. Holt ◽

Dorothy L. Espelage

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Eating Disorder ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Eating Disorder Symptoms

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Social support fosters close and caring romantic relationships

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e644982010-001 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Lisa M. Jaremka ◽

Nancy L. Collins

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Romantic Relationships

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325 - Relationship quality in dementia: Preliminary longitudinal analyses of the EU-JPND Actifcare cohort study

International Psychogeriatrics ◽

10.1017/s1041610220002252 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (S1) ◽

pp. 83-83

Author(s):

Maria J. Marques ◽

Bob Woods ◽

Eva Y.L. Tan ◽

Marjolein de Vugt ◽

Frans Verhey ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Sense Of Coherence ◽

Unmet Needs ◽

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms ◽

Longitudinal Analyses ◽

Family Carers ◽

Over Time

INTRODUCTIONRelationship quality (RQ) in dyads of persons with dementia and their family carers is important both as a clinical outcome and as a determinant of health and quality of life. In previous work we studied RQ using baseline data of a large-scale European longitudinal study on timely access to and use of community formal services in dementia (EU-JPND Acticare). We concluded that neuropsychiatric symptoms and carer stress contributed to discrepancies in RQ ratings within the dyad, which were less favourable when reported by family carers. This and other associations (e.g. between carer-rated RQ and sense of coherence) were cautiously interpreted, in the context of a cross-sectional analysis.OBJECTIVESTo analyse how carer-reported RQ varies over time and to examine its most important influencing factors.METHODSWe present preliminary longitudinal analyses from the Actifcare cohort study of 451 community-dwelling persons with dementia and their primary carers in eight European countries (12-month follow-up). Comprehensive assessments included the Positive Affect Index (PAI) to assess RQ, persons with dementia’s neuropsychiatric symptoms, persons with dementia and carers’ unmet needs, carers’ anxiety and depression, social support, sense of coherence and stress.RESULTSCarers’ mean PAI scores decreased over the 12 -month period. The person with dementia neuropsychiatric symptoms and unmet needs, and carers’ perceived social support were significant predictors of carers’ RQ change.DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONWe analysed carer-reported RQ variation over time and predictors in a large European sample of persons with dementia and their family carers. As expected, RQ decreased over the oneyear follow-up period as the disease progressed. Its main predictors in this sample (neuropsychiatric symptoms and the person’s unmet needs, together with carers’ social support) can all influence the impact that caregiving has on the carer and on how time and energy-consuming caregiving is. The role of increased clinical symptoms (also affecting communication difficulties), together with carers’ exhaustion, must be equated. Overall, these results may help us to tailor interventions addressing RQ and potentially improve dementia outcomes.

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Ambivalent sexism and relationship adjustment among young adult couples: An actor-partner interdependence model

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/02654075211005549 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 026540752110055

Author(s):

Mylène Lachance-Grzela ◽

Bingyu Liu ◽

Andréanne Charbonneau ◽

Geneviève Bouchard

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Young Adult ◽

Romantic Relationships ◽

Romantic Relationship ◽

Ambivalent Sexism ◽

Benevolent Sexism ◽

Hostile Sexism ◽

Relationship Adjustment ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model

This study examined the associations between ambivalent sexism (i.e., hostile and benevolent sexism) and relationship adjustment in young adult couples by testing an actor-partner interdependence model. The sample was composed of 219 cohabiting heterosexual Canadian couples. The findings suggest that ambivalent sexism plays a role in young adults’ perceptions of the quality of their romantic relationship, but gender differences exist. Women and men who more strongly endorsed hostile sexism tended to report lower relationship adjustment. Women’s hostile sexism was also negatively related to their partners’ relationship adjustment, whereas their benevolent sexism was positively related to their own and their partners’ relationship adjustment. For their part, men’s ambivalent sexism was unrelated to their partners’ relationship adjustment and their benevolent sexism was also unrelated to their own relationship adjustment. The results are discussed in light of the insidious consequences that can accompany ambivalent sexism. Even though hostile sexism functions to protect men’s societal advantages, it comes with costs to their romantic relationships. In contrast, despite the rewards benevolent sexism can bring on the relational level, its endorsement may hinder the attainment of gender equality by encouraging women to invest in their relationship at the expense of independent achievements.

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Values and Virtues as Correlates of Quality and Stability of Romantic Relationships and Marriage in a Post-Socialist Transitional Society

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci10080289 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 289

Author(s):

Maja Kus Ambrož ◽

Jana Suklan ◽

Dejan Jelovac

Keyword(s):

Romantic Relationships ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Intimate Relationship ◽

The Self ◽

Subjective Perception ◽

Relationship Stability ◽

Value System ◽

Self Evaluation ◽

Empirical Survey ◽

Transitional Society

An individual’s value system plays an important role in their intimate relationship or marriage. Most marital satisfaction research to date has been carried out in high-income liberal Western societies. We conducted an original quantitative empirical survey of virtues and values to examine their effect on relationship quality and stability in a sample of 511 respondents from Slovenia, a post-socialist society in transition. The results showed that respondents rated health, love, and safety at the top of their hierarchy of values. The key finding was that the presence of love was associated with an individual’s subjective perception of relationship quality but had no effect on the self-evaluation of relationship stability. In addition to love, both family safety and comfort were significant correlates of relationship quality while self-respect was negatively correlated with relationship quality. Only excitement was found to have a statistically significant effect on relationship stability.

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Pushed Together or Pulled Apart? Economic Stressors and Romantic Relationship Quality

Sociological Perspectives ◽

10.1177/0731121420978442 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 073112142097844

Author(s):

Amy Lucas ◽

Jessica Halliday Hardie ◽

Sejung Sage Yim

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Romantic Relationship ◽

Romantic Partners ◽

Material Hardship ◽

Work Related ◽

Process Perspective ◽

Romantic Relationship Quality ◽

Over Time ◽

Economic Stressors

Previous research indicates that romantic partners’ relationship quality is associated with poverty and material hardship. Few studies have used longitudinal data to incorporate changing economic circumstances over time, included a range of economic factors, or investigated the role of social support in this association, however. Using five waves of data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we extend prior work by evaluating the association between multiple economic stressors and romantic relationship quality over time, and whether social support explains or alters this association. Changes in economic stressors are associated with changes in romantic relationship quality over time, particularly nonstandard work and material hardship. Social support neither explains nor moderates this association in most cases. This study confirms the stress process perspective, showing how economic and work-related stress can proliferate into family life, but does not support the contention that social support buffers families against stress proliferation.

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