scholarly journals Predictors of Distress Following Relationship Termination among Dating Couples

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 381-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark A. Fine ◽  
Jennifer A. Sacher
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Termination ◽  
Dating Couples

Differing Perceptions in Dating Couples: Sex Roles vs. Alternative Explanations

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 418-434 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles T. Hill ◽  
Letitia Anne Peplau ◽  
Zick Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Measurement Error ◽  
Sex Roles ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Relationship Termination ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
Attributional Biases ◽  
The Impact

A longitudinal study of 231 dating couples investigated differences between partners' perceptions of their relationship. Sources of differing perceptions and the impact of perceptual differences on relationship continuation were explored. Although considerable perceptual disagreement was found, most of it did not appear to be linked to gender. Few systematic differences were found between men's and women's reports, and these could be interpreted in terms of self-partner attributional biases rather than sex differences. The extent of couple disagreement was not correlated with measures of sex role attitudes or background dissimilarity. But disagreement on subjective judgments of intimacy was greater among couples in which there was low self-disclosure. Disagreement on subjective intimacy judgments was also predictive of relationship termination two years later. Results underscore the importance of distinguishing between “directional” and “nondirectional” measures of couple disagreement. Findings also indicate that discrepancies in couple member's reports cannot be dismissed solely as measurement error, since they have substantive implications as well.

Simple Relationship Quality Measures

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia Niehuis
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Age Dating ◽  
Simple Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Single Item ◽  
College Age ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Dating Couples

Issues in applied survey research, including minimizing respondent burden to encourage survey completion and the increasing administration of questionnaires over smartphones, have intensified efforts to create short measures. We conducted two studies to examine the psychometric properties of single-item measures of four close-relationship variables: satisfaction, love, conflict, and commitment. Study 1 was longitudinal, surveying an initial sample of 121 college-age dating couples at three monthly phases. Romantic partners completed single- and multi-item measures of the four constructs, along with other variables, to examine test-retest reliability and convergent (single-item measures with their corresponding multi-item scales), concurrent, and predictive validity. Our single-item measures of satisfaction, love, and commitment exhibited impressive psychometric qualities, but our single-item conflict measure performed somewhat less strongly. Study 2, a cross-sectional online survey (n = 280; mainly through Facebook), showed strong convergent validity of the single-item measures, including a .60 correlation between single- and multi-item conflict measures.

Influence of Social Media on Dating Relationships of Emerging Adults in Nigerian Universities

2017 ◽  
pp. 168-177
Author(s):  
Olufemi Adeniyi Fawole ◽  
Olasunkanmi Adebiyi Osho
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
The Hours ◽  
The University

Social media play important roles in creating a person's sense of reality, recreating face-to-face interactions on the web by allowing people to interact either publicly of privately. Social networking sites helps in maintaining relationship with individuals who may not be closer to one; used to express romantic relationships through profile pictures or posts on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Uber Social etc. This chapter focused on the influence of Facebook on communication between emerging adults in dating relationships. A total of seventy-seven participants comprising students from the University of Lagos, Nigeria aged between 19 and 29 years, took part in different focus group discussions. Data was analyzed using thematic analysis. The results revealed that majority of the dating couples spent long hours on Facebook daily and they did not feel comfortable with the hours spent on Facebook by their partner chatting with friends on a regular basis.

Momentary sexual enjoyment: The dyadic roles of relationship satisfaction and contraception among mixed-gender dating couples

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 932-941
Author(s):  
Shari M. Blumenstock ◽  
Lauren M. Papp
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Relationship Length ◽  
Contraception Use ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
Sexual Enjoyment ◽  
Mixed Gender

Enjoyable sexual experiences with a romantic partner are a vital element of healthy lives and happy relationships, yet positive experiences of sex, and associated interpersonal and contraceptive factors, have not been extensively studied at the momentary level. In particular, little is known about how relationship quality and contraception use simultaneously relate to both women’s and men’s momentary sexual experiences within young adult romantic relationships. Using electronic diary reports collected three times per day for 10 days ( n = 293 reports of sexual activity), this study assessed own and partner relationship satisfaction and contraception (hormonal and condom) use as predictors of momentary sexual enjoyment in 43 mixed-gender young adult dating couples. Dyadic multilevel model results indicated that women’s relationship satisfaction positively predicted sexual enjoyment for both women and men, whereas men’s relationship satisfaction was not associated with own or partner’s sexual enjoyment. Women’s hormonal contraception use was associated with lower momentary sexual enjoyment for women and their male partners. Condom use was infrequent and not associated with sexual enjoyment, contrary to our (and many young adults') expectations. All analyses controlled for relationship length and sexual frequency. Findings underscore the simultaneous importance of hormonal and relational factors in sexual outcomes within young adult romantic relationships, as well as the complex and interdependent nature of partnered sexual experiences.

scholarly journals Dyadic Consensus and Satisfaction of Married and Dating Couples in Malaysia

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cai Lian Tam ◽  
Teck Heang Lee ◽  
Wai Mun Har ◽  
Soo Imm Chua
Keyword(s):  
Dating Couples

Supplier Internal Control Quality and the Duration of Customer-Supplier Relationships

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Bauer ◽  
Darren Henderson ◽  
Daniel P. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Internal Control ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Reverse Causality ◽  
Supplier Relationships ◽  
Relationship Termination ◽  
Control Quality ◽  
Operational Quality ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Matching Techniques

ABSTRACT Internal controls influence information quality, thus affecting the ability of supply chain partners, who rely on collaborative systems of information sharing, to reliably contract. Using SOX-related internal control assessments as a proxy for internal control quality and U.S. GAAP-mandated major customer disclosures, we find that supplier internal control quality influences supply chain relationship duration. Specifically, our evidence demonstrates that: (1) poor internal control quality increases the likelihood of subsequent customer-supplier relationship termination; (2) timely control weakness remediation attenuates termination likelihood; and (3) weaknesses affecting customer contracting drive the effect of internal control quality on relationship termination. Our results control for supplier operational quality and performance, and are robust to propensity score matching techniques, controls for reverse causality, and alternative proxies for relationship termination and internal control quality. Overall, our findings are consistent with customers viewing strong supplier controls as important, albeit overlooked, contracting elements with significant implications for supply chain relationships.

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