Parental Divorce and Maldivian Young Adult Student’s Romantic Relationship Quality: Indirect Pathways through Attitude towards Divorce

Negative interactions between romantic partners, such as when one partner criticizes another about their weight, are associated with poor relationship outcomes. The purpose of the study was to examine associations between romantic partner weight criticism, romantic relationship quality, gender, and Latinx young adults’ romantic relationship instability. Participants were recruited from a Qualtrics panel and completed 30-minute surveys online. The sample included 475 Latinx young adults (60% women; M age = 24.80 years, SD = 3.22; 66% Mexican) who reported on their experiences of romantic partner weight criticism, positive romantic relationship quality (e.g., intimacy, affection, nurturance), negative romantic relationship quality (e.g., conflict, antagonism), and relationship instability. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to test the study goals. Overall, weight-related criticism was more strongly associated with romantic relationship instability for men than for women. Further, for men, associations between weight criticism and romantic relationship instability were also particularly strong in the context of low levels of negative romantic relationship quality compared to high levels of negative romantic relationship quality.

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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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Do we look happy? Perceptions of romantic relationship quality on Facebook

Personal Relationships ◽

10.1111/pere.12059 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

LYDIA F. EMERY ◽

AMY MUISE ◽

ELIZABETH ALPERT ◽

BENJAMIN LE

Keyword(s):

Relationship Quality ◽

Romantic Relationship ◽

Romantic Relationship Quality

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Associations between neurochemical receptor genes, 2D:4D, impulsivity and relationship quality

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2018.0642 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (12) ◽

pp. 20180642 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Eiluned Pearce ◽

Rafael Wlodarski ◽

Anna Machin ◽

Robin I. M. Dunbar

Keyword(s):

Relationship Quality ◽

Multiple Testing ◽

Romantic Relationship ◽

Preliminary Evidence ◽

Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽

Single Nucleotide ◽

Digit Ratios ◽

The Relationship ◽

Romantic Relationship Quality

The ratio between the second and fourth digits (2D:4D) has been widely used as a proxy for fetal exposure to androgens and has been linked to a number of sociosexual traits in humans. However, the role of genes in this equation remains unknown. Here ( N = 474), we test, firstly, for associations between 2D:4D and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in nine neurochemical receptor genes ( AR, OXTR, AVPR1A, OPRM1, DRD1/2, ANKK1, 5HTR1A/2A ), and secondly, whether digit ratios mediate the relationship between genetic variation and sociosexuality. We demonstrate significant associations between AR , OPRM1 and AVPR1A and 2D:4D. Moreover, mediation analysis indicates that, in women, AR and OPRM1 variation drives digit ratios, which are related positively to impulsivity and, for OPRM1 , negatively to romantic relationship quality. Although these findings are subject to multiple testing issues, this study provides preliminary evidence that in women genetic factors may affect both impulsivity and perceived relationship quality through influencing factors indexed by digit ratios.

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