SOCIOEMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR AND SATISFACTION IN MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS - A LONGITUDINAL-STUDY

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作者
HUSTON, TL [1 ]
VANGELISTI, AL [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TEXAS,DEPT SPEECH COMMUN,AUSTIN,TX 78712
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10.1037/0022-3514.61.5.721
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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The interplay between 3 types of socioemotional behavior (affection, sexual interest, and negativity) and marital satisfaction was studied using data from newly married couples followed over 2 years. Affection and negativity (but not sexual interest) were consistently associated cross-sectionally with marital satisfaction. Longitudinal analyses revealed a gender-differentiated pattern suggesting a more complex relationship between satisfaction and marital behavior than previously shown. Negativity, regardless of whether it was expressed by the husband or the wife, was associated with declines in wives' (but not husbands') satisfaction. Wives of husbands who were relatively negative early in marriage became more negative themselves. Wives who were relatively less satisfied early in marriage (but not husbands) were married to spouses who became more negative with time.
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