Childhood emotional maltreatment and psychological aggression in young adult dating relationships: The moderating role of emotion communication

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-304
Author(s):  
Laura A. Loucks ◽  
Michelle van Dellen ◽  
Anne Shaffer
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Psychological Aggression ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Romantic Couples ◽  
Emotion Identification ◽  
Emotional Maltreatment ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
Moderating Role

This study examines childhood emotional maltreatment as a developmental predictor of psychological aggression perpetration in young adult dating couples, using a dyadic framework to account for individual and partner effects. We further investigate observations of skillful emotion communication (i.e., discussion of emotional experiences, including emotion identification and disclosure) as potential moderator. In a sample of 60 young adult romantic couples, actor–partner interdependence model analyses found significant actor effects of emotional maltreatment on psychological aggression perpetration, but no partner effects. Consistent with hypotheses, observations of higher skillful emotion communication attenuated associations between childhood emotional maltreatment and young adult psychological aggression, but only for female participants. Findings are discussed in the context of implications for prevention and intervention for couples at risk of psychological aggression.

scholarly journals Activity Restriction and Depressive Symptoms in Older Couples

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1251-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Eun Lee ◽  
Lynn M. Martire ◽  
Steve H. Zarit ◽  
Michael J. Rovine
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Older Couples ◽  
Activity Restriction ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽  
Moderating Role

Objective: The present study aimed to clarify the circumstances under which activity restriction (AR) is associated with depressive symptoms among patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and their spouses. Method: A total of 220 older adults with OA and their caregiving spouses participated in the study. The actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) was used to examine the associations between AR stemming from patients’ OA and the depressive symptoms of patients and spouses. The potential moderating role of marital satisfaction also was examined. Results: After accounting for pain severity, health, and life stress of both patients with OA and spouses, higher AR was associated with more depressive symptoms for both patients and spouses. In regard to partner effects, patients whose spouse had higher AR reported more depressive symptoms. In addition, the association of spouses’ and patients’ AR and their own depressive symptoms was moderated by their marital satisfaction. For both patients and spouses, the associations between their own AR and depressive symptoms were weaker for those with higher levels of marital satisfaction compared with those with lower levels of marital satisfaction. Discussion: This pattern of findings highlights the dyadic implications of AR and the vital role of marital satisfaction in the context of chronic illness.

scholarly journals Benevolent Sexism, Attachment, and Chivalry: Examining the Role of Unfulfilled Needs in Contexts of Dependence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Sieng
Keyword(s):  
Benevolent Sexism ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
High Status ◽  
Romantic Couples ◽  
Support Provision ◽  
Novel Interactions ◽  
Unexpected Findings ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

<p>Previous research demonstrate links between men’s and women’s endorsement of benevolent sexism and the provision/acceptance of chivalrous behaviours that increase women’s dependence on men. Research also shows that men who are relatively more anxiously attached also tend to be more endorsing of benevolent sexism as it facilitates dependence and fulfilment of relational needs. Thus, men’s preoccupations with satisfying their relational needs should heighten their tendency to behave chivalrously. This thesis examined whether attachment anxiety moderates the link between individual’s endorsement of benevolent sexism and their provision/acceptance of dependency-oriented support—behaviours that emphasise men’s high status and women’s dependence. This study also tested whether men providing, and women accepting support predicts fulfilment of relational needs. Study 1 and 2 (N = 354) examined links between endorsement of benevolent sexism and dependency-oriented dating behaviours in online samples. Results replicated the existing link between men’s endorsement of benevolent sexism and dependency-oriented support, but did not lend support for the moderating role of attachment anxiety. In Study 3, romantic couples (N = 158) discussed personal goals with one another and coders observed levels of dependency-oriented support provision and acceptance. The relationship between benevolent sexism and dependency-oriented support for men was once again replicated. Novel interactions also emerged which suggests that holding derogatory beliefs about women may also motivate men’s dependency-oriented support giving. Predictions about the role of attachment anxiety and need fulfilment produced unexpected findings demonstrating that it may be a lack of avoidant rather than attachment anxiety that moderates the relationship between benevolent sexism and dependency-oriented support. These studies illustrate that chivalrous, dependency-oriented behaviours cannot be examined in isolation from beliefs about gender roles, relational schemas, and context.</p>

scholarly journals The moderating role of rejection sensitivity in the relationship between emotional maltreatment and borderline symptoms

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 146-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne Goodman ◽  
Eric Fertuck ◽  
Megan Chesin ◽  
Sarah Lichenstein ◽  
Barbara Stanley
Keyword(s):  
Rejection Sensitivity ◽  
Emotional Maltreatment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

scholarly journals Destination marriage? The diagnostic role of rituals in dating relationships

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 3102-3122
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Maniotes ◽  
Brian G. Ogolsky ◽  
Jennifer L. Hardesty
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
Diagnostic Role ◽  
Ritual Activity ◽  
Using Data ◽  
A Current

The decision to marry is complex, often with seemingly innocuous events impacting a partner’s marriage eligibility. Engaging in rituals is one area where couples have the opportunity to see their partners in a new light as well as assess commitment. Although rituals have impactful roles in married couples, there is a dearth of research on ritual activity in dating couples. A qualitative approach was used to explore how rituals act as facilitators or barriers to commitment to wed using data from a random sample of dating couples in a diverse Southwestern region of the U.S. Results showed that celebration and tradition rituals played a contextual role in magnifying the importance of three normative relationship features: family interactions, relationship awareness, and conflict management. Experiencing these relationship features during a ritual time highlighted the uncertainty inherent in determining marriage eligibility with a current partner and enhanced the information gathering process.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF RELATIONSHIP POWER IN COUPLE DECISIONS ABOUT CONTRACEPTION IN THE US

2010 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM R. GRADY ◽  
DANIEL H. KLEPINGER ◽  
JOHN O. G. BILLY ◽  
LISA A. CUBBINS
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Relationship Power ◽  
Heterosexual Relationships ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Power Sources ◽  
Method Choice ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
The Us ◽  
Dating Couples

SummaryMost analyses of the contraceptive decision-making in which couples engage are based on the reports of only one partner, usually the female partner. This study uses information from the 2006 National Couples Survey conducted in the US, which was obtained from both partners in intimate heterosexual relationships to investigate the relative impact of the male and female partner's method preferences on the type of method they use together. It also investigates the extent to which differences in power between the partners, measured on multiple dimensions, may weigh the decision-making process toward one partner or the other. The results suggest that men's and women's method preferences are both significantly related to the couples' method choice. Further, there is no evidence of a significant gender difference in the magnitude of these relationships, although women in married and cohabiting relationships appear to have greater power over method choice than women in dating relationships. The analysis also finds that structural power as measured by relative education and income affects partner differences in the relationship between preferences and method choice, but is more important for married and cohabiting couples than for dating couples. In contrast, relationship-based power sources, including relative commitment and relative relationship alternatives, have significant effects only for dating couples.

scholarly journals An Integrative Exploration of Sexual, Physical, Psychological, and Cyber-Digital Relationship Abuse in Adolescent and Young Adult Relationships

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Saint-Eloi Cadely ◽  
Tiffani Kisler
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Psychological Aggression ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Relationship Abuse ◽  
Youth And Young Adults

Although detrimental for any age group, rates of experiencing sexual assault (SA) are found to be the highest among young adults; with nearly 25% of young adult women indicating to have experienced SA at least once in their romantic relationship. SA is also common among adolescents, as 33% of young women between the ages of 11–17 indicated to have been raped. The effects from SA include depression, trauma, and interpersonal distress, which are similar to the effects of other forms of intimate partner violence (IPV) (i.e., physical and psychological aggression), suggesting a covariation between these various forms of aggression. Additionally, a new form of dating violence has emerged; cyber-digital relationship abuse (CDRA). This behavior is commonly expressed via means of social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, & Snapchat) and through digital means (e.g., texting and email) whereby youth and young adults harass, threaten, control, and monitor their partners whereabouts. Recent studies have indicated that CDRA may serve as a precursor to physical violence in dating relationships. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an integrative exploration of sexual, physical, psychological, and CDRA by tracking the progression and concurrence across these various forms of IPV among youth and young adults. Implications for interventions will also be discussed.

The moderating role of resilience on the relationship between perceived stress and binge eating symptoms among young adult women

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 114-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Idia B. Thurston ◽  
Robin Hardin ◽  
Rebecca C. Kamody ◽  
Sylvia Herbozo ◽  
Caroline Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Binge Eating ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Adult Women ◽  
Young Adult Women ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role
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