Listening and being listened to as affection exchange in marital discussions about the #MeToo movement

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752110584
Author(s):  
Kathryn D. Coduto ◽  
William P. Eveland
Keyword(s):  
Marital Quality ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Listening Ability

Marriage offers a context where individuals may have to discuss difficult topics. Discussing such topics, especially when there is a chance of disagreement, may lead to differences in the ability for spouses to listen to one another. In this study, we surveyed 746 individuals in heterosexual marriages to understand their listening in conversations about the #MeToo movement. Our findings indicate that being a good trait listener does not help one’s situational listening ability. We also see evidence that perceiving disagreement from one’s spouse and perceiving the spouse’s ability to listen are more likely to predict one’s own situational listening. Marital quality significantly moderates these associations as well. We consider these findings in light of affection exchange theory, suggesting listening may be a form of affection exchange in marriage.

Affection Deprivation in Marital Relationships: An Actor-partner Interdependence Mediation Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 965-985
Author(s):  
Colin Hesse ◽  
Xi Tian
Keyword(s):  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Marital Relationships ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Emotional Intimacy ◽  
Relational Outcomes

The current study sought to assess the dyadic effects of affection deprivation in marital relationships. We used the tenets of affection exchange theory to examine the actor and partner effects between affectionate communication, affection deprivation, and mental and relational outcomes. Moreover, we tested whether affection deprivation mediated the association between affectionate communication and outcome variables. In terms of actor effects, affectionate communication was associated with husbands’ depression, wives’ loneliness, and both husbands’ and wives’ marital quality and emotional intimacy. Affection deprivation was associated with all outcome variables for husbands and wives, except for wives’ emotional intimacy. We observed significant partner effects between affectionate communication and affection deprivation for both husbands and wives, as well as between wives’ affectionate communication and husbands’ emotional intimacy. Affection deprivation mediated some of the actor and partner effects between affectionate communication and outcome variables. Implications, connections to theory, and directions for future research are discussed.

Childhood Abuse and Marital Quality: The Role of Psychological Distress

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly K. Espenschade ◽  
Kimberly Funk ◽  
Amanda Kras ◽  
David Dilillo ◽  
Andrea Perry
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Childhood Abuse ◽  
Marital Quality

The spillover of compassion fatigue into marital quality: A mediation model.

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricky Finzi-Dottan ◽  
Michal Berckovitch Kormosh
Keyword(s):  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Marital Quality ◽  
Mediation Model

Marital Quality and Social Functioning in spouses of individuals with and without Alcohol Dependence

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. S. Deepa ◽  
C. R. J. Khess ◽  
Dipanjan Bhattachargee ◽  
Narendra Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Dependence ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Marital Quality

Governance of supplier-customer relations: An empirical review

2007 ◽  
Vol 158 (12) ◽  
pp. 406-416
Author(s):  
Jon Bingen Sande
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Customer Relations ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Forest Industry ◽  
Relational Contracts ◽  
Relational Exchange ◽  
Exchange Relationships ◽  
Relational Exchange Theory

The forest industry is riddled with exchange relationships. The parties to exchanges may have diverging goals and interests, but still depend upon each other due to non-redeployable specific assets. Formal and relational contracts may be used to deal with the resulting cooperation problems. This paper proposes a framework based on transaction cost economics and relational exchange theory, and examines to what extent empirical research has found formal and relational contracts to deal with three different governance problems. To that end, I review the results from 32 studies in a range of settings. These studies generally support the view that exchanges characterized by high degrees of specific assets should be supported by formal and relational contracts.

Social movements and exchanges: Sketch of a theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 104346312110351
Author(s):  
Nicolás M Somma
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Social Exchange Theory ◽  
Strategic Behavior ◽  
Exchange Theory ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
Homo Economicus ◽  
Political Leverage

Using social exchange theory, this article presents a new theory for understanding the strategic choices made by social movement leaders—the “movement exchanges” theory. It looks at how leaders engage in exchanges of valued rewards with constituencies, institutional political players, bystander publics, and voluntary organizations. Leaders receive from these players important rewards (like committed activists, political leverage, and resources) for achieving movement goals. In turn, leaders make strategic choices (expressed in frames, tactics, targets, and claims) that other players find rewarding, favoring persistent exchanges across time. By considering movements’ simultaneous exchanges with several players, the theory makes sense of choices that remain puzzling for major movement theories. It also blends strategic behavior with culture (in the form of utopias, ideology, and emotions) but does not require the maximizing assumption of the homo economicus. I use the case of the contemporary Chilean student movement to illustrate the theory.

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