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Stress, Communication, and Marital Quality in Couples

Stress, Communication, and Marital Quality in Couples The association between daily stress outside and inside of the relationship and marital functioning in the form of communication in conflict situations and marital quality was examined. We hypothesized that relationship stress mediates the association between external stress and marital functioning at the individual level, and that the association between relationship stress and marital quality is partially mediated by communication at the dyadic level. Using the Actor‐Partner Interdependence and Common Fate Model, the results of 345 couples supported our hypotheses and revealed that a person's relationship stress is more strongly related with one's own external stress than with the partner's external stress. The findings indicate that both low relationship stress and a high level of positive communication are important in relationships. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Family Relations Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
© 2010 by the National Council on Family Relations
ISSN
0197-6664
eISSN
1741-3729
DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00595.x
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Abstract

The association between daily stress outside and inside of the relationship and marital functioning in the form of communication in conflict situations and marital quality was examined. We hypothesized that relationship stress mediates the association between external stress and marital functioning at the individual level, and that the association between relationship stress and marital quality is partially mediated by communication at the dyadic level. Using the Actor‐Partner Interdependence and Common Fate Model, the results of 345 couples supported our hypotheses and revealed that a person's relationship stress is more strongly related with one's own external stress than with the partner's external stress. The findings indicate that both low relationship stress and a high level of positive communication are important in relationships.

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Family RelationsWiley

Published: Apr 1, 2010

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