D J Weigel
Biographic Data
| ID | 4709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D J Weigel |
| GIVEN NAMES | D J |
| FAMILY NAME | Weigel |
| SIGNATURE | WEIGEL D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Reno |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3956-5944 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 187 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Young adults' perceptions of morality‐based messages from parents about sex: An exploratory study
How Conversational Goals Predict Sexual Self-Disclosure Decisions
Communicating verbally about sexual topics is one aspect of sexual communication, and romantic partners have to choose whether to disclose sexual information. The present study used conversational goals - what one hopes to accomplish in the conversation - to examine how people decide whether or not to engage in sexual self-disclosure. In an online survey, romantically involved participants (n = 428) provided data on four conversational goals (ins…
Parent communication about sexual and relationship violence: Promoting healthy relationships or reinforcing gender stereotypes
The impact of concealable chronic health conditions on college students' academic outcomes: A two-wave study
College students ( N = 125) with concealable chronic health conditions (CCHCs) completed online surveys at the beginning and end of the semester assessing stigma experiences and academic outcomes. Correlations showed stigma, alienation, and lack of campus fit were associated with greater illness-related academic interference ( ps < 0.001), negative academic self-comparison ( ps < 0.001), academic anxiety ( ps < 0.001), academic dissatisfaction ( …
A two-wave study on the health and relationship consequences of experienced stigma among individuals with concealable chronic health conditions
Applying and extending the concealable stigmatized identity outcomes model, this two-wave study examined the psychological, behavioral, physical, and relational health consequences of experienced stigma among a sample of 124 individuals with concealable chronic health conditions. Path analyses revealed that chronic health condition-related experienced stigma was associated with greater chronic health condition-related stress, which in turn was li…
Suspicious minds: The psychological, physical and behavioral consequences of suspecting a partner's infidelity
Guided by transactional stress theory, this study examined the psychological, physical, and behavioral consequences of the suspicion of a partner's infidelity. Survey data collected from 246 individuals revealed that suspecting a partner's infidelity was associated with greater reported suspicion-related distress, depression, physical health symptoms, and risky health behavior. Mediation and moderated mediation analyses revealed that the relation…
Relational turbulence and health‐compromising behaviors: Integrating relational turbulence and stress theories
This study drew upon key elements of relational turbulence and stress and coping theories to advance a conceptual model linking relational turbulence with stress, depression, and involvement in health‐compromising behavior, such as drug and alcohol use, limited or extreme physical activity, disordered eating patterns, and unprotected sex. Romantically involved individuals (N = 476) completed an online survey. Structural equation modeling revealed…
Relationships, health, and stress: Validation of a relationship sense of coherence measure
Although all romantic relationships experience stress, some thrive when faced with adversity while others are unable to manage the inevitable relationship ups and downs. Rather than seeing stress as a risk factor, this study applied a Salutogenic framework, which posits that stress is a naturally occurring and potentially beneficial part of relationships, to develop a new measure of relationship health and well‐being. In Study 1, we created and t…
Cognitive interdependence and the everyday expression of commitment
Based on interdependence theory, this study expands the work on cognitive interdependence-viewing a relationship as a pluralistic collective-by testing the proposition that cognitive interdependence is connected with everyday expressions of commitment. A sample of 275 individuals in romantic relationships completed an online survey. Results revealed that cognitive interdependence is characterized by greater inclusion of partners into self-concept…
A multidimensional examination of marital conflict and subjective health over 16 years
Guided by stress process perspectives, this study conceptualizes marital conflict as a multidimensional stressor to assess how three aspects of conflict—frequency of disagreements, breadth of disagreements, and cumulative disagreements—impact subjective health. Longitudinal data of married couples spanning 16 years ( n = 373 couples) were analyzed using multilevel modeling. For husbands, more frequent disagreements than usual within a given year …
"Should I stay or should I go?" Understanding the noninvolved partner's decision-making process following infidelity
Two studies were conducted to test a conceptual model that expands upon the roles of attribution and forgiveness after a partner's infidelity by integrating concepts from social network approval and attribution information selection (AIS) to examine how noninvolved partners in dating relationships decide to stay in or leave their relationships. Using a serial mediation model, we examined whether perceived social network approval was indirectly re…
Infidelity's aftermath: Appraisals, mental health, and health-compromising behaviors following a partner's infidelity
Guided by transactional stress theory, this research investigated the role of appraisals in noninvolved partners' mental health and health-compromising behaviors after infidelity. Responses from 232 college students who were recently cheated on revealed that negative appraisals (partner blame, self-blame, and causal attribution) had indirect effects on health-compromising behaviors through mental health (depression, anxiety, and distress). Modera…
Exploring intergenerational patterns of infidelity
Three studies explored how parental infidelity is related to offspring's infidelity behavior and used social learning theory to test potential mechanisms. In Study 1, parental infidelity was positively associated with offspring infidelity; trust and relationship self‐efficacy did not mediate the association. In Study 2, infidelity was associated with parental infidelity and more positive infidelity beliefs. In Study 3, parental infidelity was pos…
Exploring a Contextual Model of Sexual Self-Disclosure and Sexual Satisfaction
Sexual self-disclosure is a critical component of relationship and sexual satisfaction, yet little is known about the mechanisms that facilitate a person's engagement in sexual self-disclosure. Individuals (N = 265) involved in romantic relationships participated in an online study testing a contextual model of sexual self-disclosure across three contexts: relationship context, sexual self-disclosure context, and outcome of sexual self-disclosure…
Family Background and Propensity to Engage in Infidelity
The current study explored how a variety of family-of-origin experiences are related to individuals' infidelity history. A survey was completed by 294 participants and we found that parental infidelity, parental marital status, parental conflict, and parental marital satisfaction were associated with the likelihood of offspring having ever engaged in infidelity. When considered together, parent infidelity and parent satisfaction were uniquely rel…
A two-sided coin: Mapping perceptions of the pros and cons of relationship commitment
Four studies documented the pros and cons of people's experiences of relational commitment. Study 1 used individual's own words to develop an initial taxonomy of elements connected with commitment. Study 2 empirically refined that taxonomy, identifying three primary factors underlying perceptions of commitment-positive, negative, and constraint. Study 3 found evidence of convergent validity with various measures of relationship commitment and sat…
A prototype analysis of infidelity
The current research tested whether the concept of infidelity is prototypically organized and whether laypeople's conceptualizations of infidelity are consistent with how researchers have operationalized this construct. Across 4 studies, results indicated that infidelity is indeed prototypically organized as individuals are able to list and rate how central certain features are to the infidelity construct. Furthermore, there was evidence that the…
Mutuality of commitment in romantic relationships: Exploring a dyadic model
On the basis of the interdependence and interpersonal perception literatures, this article advanced and tested a dyadic model of mutuality of commitment. It is argued that mutuality of commitment is composed of 4 perceptions (i.e., A's self and other perceptions, and B's self and other perceptions) and 4 types of interconnections among the perceptions (i.e., actual, assumed, empathic, and reciprocal mutuality). Evidence for the presence of the 4 …
Pathways to Literacy: Connections between family assets and preschool children’s emergent literacy skills
Using a developmental assets framework, we examined the influences of family resources, routines, and stress on preschool-aged children’s emerging literacy development. Data were collected from 85 children as well as from their parents. Using path analysis, the results revealed that the more regular the routines in the household, the more likely parents were to engage their children in literacy enhancing activities, and in turn the higher the chi…
Promoting adolescent sense of coherence: Testing models of risk, protection, and resiliency
Sense of coherence (SOC) is a dispositional trait that has been linked to well‐being in a broad range of populations and contexts. Little is known, however, about the factors associated with SOC development and maintenance across the lifespan. Conceptualized as a condition of resiliency, SOC in adolescents was explored via measures of risk and protection as reported on by 8th and 10th grade students ( N = 1619). Employing cumulative indexes of pr…
A dyadic assessment of how couples indicate their commitment to each other
This study investigated the behaviors couples use to indicate their commitment in romantic relationships and explored the complex ways in which these behaviors are interconnected. Survey data were collected from 121 romantically involved couples in the United States. Dyadic analysis of the data revealed that the greater the levels of commitment, the more frequent the use of certain behaviors to indicate commitment. In addition, couples were simil…
Relational Maintenance, Satisfaction, and Commitment in Marriages: An Actor-Partner Analysis
We used data collected from 117 married couples to investigate the interdependent nature of spouses' perceptions of marital satisfaction and commitment and the use of maintenance behaviors. Results using dyadic analysis techniques revealed significant actor and partner effects of spouses' perceptions of satisfaction and commitment with the use of maintenance behaviors. Further, the strength of the actor and partner effects were similar between wi…
The Concept of Family: An Analysis of Laypeople's Views of Family
Family scholars have offered a host of formal definitions of family with little consensus. One reason scholars may have trouble reaching agreement is that rather than having a classical definition, there may be a variety of features and forms of family that people consider more typical than others. Three studies were undertaken to gain a better understanding of laypeople's concept of family. Study 1 indicates that people have central features and…
Parental Divorce and the Types of Commitment-Related Messages People Gain from Their Families of Origin
The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of types of commitment-related messages gained from families of origin. A sample of young adults was asked about the messages they believed they gained from their families of origin, to what degrees those messages affected their relationship experiences, and how these messages are related to their beliefs about romantic relationships. Results indicated that people with divorced or unhappy pa…
Contributions of the home literacy environment to preschool‐aged children’s emerging literacy and language skills
This paper reports on a study that examined both the concurrent and logitudinal connections between multiple components of the home environment and indicators of preschool‐aged children’s literacy and language development. Data were collected from 85 parents and their children at two different times. Results of structural path models indicated that (a) parental literacy habits were positively associated with parental reading beliefs, (b) parental…
Children’s acquisition of early literacy skills: Examining family contributions
Infidelity's aftermath: Appraisals, mental health, and health-compromising behaviors following a partner's infidelity
Guided by transactional stress theory, this research investigated the role of appraisals in noninvolved partners' mental health and health-compromising behaviors after infidelity. Responses from 232 college students who were recently cheated on revealed that negative appraisals (partner blame, self-blame, and causal attribution) had indirect effects on health-compromising behaviors through mental health (depression, anxiety, and distress). Modera…
Investigating the Behavioral Indicators of Relational Commitment
Although the commitment literature has made good progress at explaining why people stay in or leave relationships, much of this literature does not address the daily behavioral aspects of relationship commitment. This article reports the results of two studies undertaken to more systematically investigate the behavioral indicators of commitment. The first study asked 248 people what things they do or say to show their commitment to their partners…
Exploring a Contextual Model of Sexual Self-Disclosure and Sexual Satisfaction
Sexual self-disclosure is a critical component of relationship and sexual satisfaction, yet little is known about the mechanisms that facilitate a person's engagement in sexual self-disclosure. Individuals (N = 265) involved in romantic relationships participated in an online study testing a contextual model of sexual self-disclosure across three contexts: relationship context, sexual self-disclosure context, and outcome of sexual self-disclosure…
Using Paired Data to Test Models of Relational Maintenance and Marital Quality
Recent research has developed a good understanding of how maintenance behaviors are related to husbands' and wives' individual perceptions of marriage. Unfortunately, one of the limitations is that data have been collected from an individual spouse and may be misleading when applied to the relationship as a whole. The purpose of the present study was to test a procedure by which data collected from spouses can be used to examine joint couple-leve…
Relational Maintenance, Satisfaction, and Commitment in Marriages: An Actor-Partner Analysis
We used data collected from 117 married couples to investigate the interdependent nature of spouses' perceptions of marital satisfaction and commitment and the use of maintenance behaviors. Results using dyadic analysis techniques revealed significant actor and partner effects of spouses' perceptions of satisfaction and commitment with the use of maintenance behaviors. Further, the strength of the actor and partner effects were similar between wi…
Relational Maintenance Behaviors, Marital Satisfaction, and Commitment in Tatar, Russian, and Mixed Russian-Tatar Marriages: An Exploratory Analysis
The cultural context in Tatarstan is currently characterized by uncertainty and change. Since perestroika, glasnost, and ultimately the fall of communism, the cultures of the former Soviet Republic have been struggling to regain stability and balance. This has put incredible pressure on families and, especially, the marital relationship. This study explores the relationship among communication strategies designed to maintain marriages and marital…
Influence Strategies in Marriage: Self and Partner Links between Equity, Strategy Use, and Marital Satisfaction and Commitment
This study explored connections among perceived equity-of-influence levels, use of influence strategies, and satisfaction and commitment in marriage. Data collected from 107 married couples revealed that perceptions of equity of influence were associated with use of influence strategies, as well as perceptions of marital satisfaction and commitment. Further, wives' reported use of indirect and unilateral strategies played a more prominent role in…
Suspicious minds: The psychological, physical and behavioral consequences of suspecting a partner's infidelity
Guided by transactional stress theory, this study examined the psychological, physical, and behavioral consequences of the suspicion of a partner's infidelity. Survey data collected from 246 individuals revealed that suspecting a partner's infidelity was associated with greater reported suspicion-related distress, depression, physical health symptoms, and risky health behavior. Mediation and moderated mediation analyses revealed that the relation…
"Should I stay or should I go?" Understanding the noninvolved partner's decision-making process following infidelity
Two studies were conducted to test a conceptual model that expands upon the roles of attribution and forgiveness after a partner's infidelity by integrating concepts from social network approval and attribution information selection (AIS) to examine how noninvolved partners in dating relationships decide to stay in or leave their relationships. Using a serial mediation model, we examined whether perceived social network approval was indirectly re…
The Concept of Family: An Analysis of Laypeople's Views of Family
Family scholars have offered a host of formal definitions of family with little consensus. One reason scholars may have trouble reaching agreement is that rather than having a classical definition, there may be a variety of features and forms of family that people consider more typical than others. Three studies were undertaken to gain a better understanding of laypeople's concept of family. Study 1 indicates that people have central features and…
A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents' Perceptions of Support and Stress: Stability and Change
Social support has been found to reduce adolescents' perceptions of stress and to contribute to greater well-being; however, lacking in much of the research has been the examination of changes in social support in the lives of'adolescents. Examined in this study were changes in adolescent support and stress over a 7-month period. Three-hundred fifty-two students completed a questionnaire at three points in time over 7 months. Results indicated th…
Roles and Influence in Marriages: Both Spouses' Perceptions Contribute to Marital Commitment
This study used responses from both spouses to examine the multiple ways in which perceptions of roles and influence were related to marital commitment. Using a dyadic approach, the authors investigated four types of associations—self, cross‐spouse, gender, and additive—among perceptions of role and influence quality with reports of marital commitment. Data gathered from 107 married couples revealed that when spouses saw their roles and levels of…
A Communication Approach to the Construction of Commitment in the Early Years of Marriage: A Qualitative Study
This study employed a qualitative approach to gain a picture of one recently married couple's experience of "commitment" in their relationship. Interviews were conducted with a recently-married couple as to the meaning and construction of commitment in their relationship. The findings revealed particular events, conditions, and interactions that the couple themselves said are relevant to their "commitment." Further, their definition of "commitmen…
The Impact of Relational Maintenance Behaviors on Marital Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Analysis
In this study we investigate the longitudinal relation between maintenance behaviors and marital satisfaction. Forty married couples completed measures of maintenance behaviors and marital satisfaction at Time 1. The couples again completed the measure of marital satisfaction 1 year later. Analyses revealed that the use of maintenance behaviors at Time 1 was related to perceptions of satisfaction at Time 2. Further, certain maintenance behaviors …
Family Background and Propensity to Engage in Infidelity
The current study explored how a variety of family-of-origin experiences are related to individuals' infidelity history. A survey was completed by 294 participants and we found that parental infidelity, parental marital status, parental conflict, and parental marital satisfaction were associated with the likelihood of offspring having ever engaged in infidelity. When considered together, parent infidelity and parent satisfaction were uniquely rel…
Promoting adolescent sense of coherence: Testing models of risk, protection, and resiliency
Sense of coherence (SOC) is a dispositional trait that has been linked to well‐being in a broad range of populations and contexts. Little is known, however, about the factors associated with SOC development and maintenance across the lifespan. Conceptualized as a condition of resiliency, SOC in adolescents was explored via measures of risk and protection as reported on by 8th and 10th grade students ( N = 1619). Employing cumulative indexes of pr…
Ecological influences of the home and the child-care center on preschool-age children's literacy development
Based on ecological theory, this study examined how four components of children's home and child-care literacy environments, and the connections between these environments, were associated with preschool-age children's literacy and language development. Interview and standardized assessment data were collected from 85 preschool-age children, their parents, and child-care teachers. Findings from correlation and hierarchical multiple regression ana…
Work‐Family Conflict and the Quality of Family Life: Specifying Linking Mechanisms
This study evaluated a conceptual model that specified relationships between work and family demands, work‐family conflict, stress, and the quality offamily life. Usinga sample of 328female and 187 male working parents, path analysis indicated that the intersect of structural and psychological characteristics of work andfamily was related to work‐family conflict, influenced stress, and eventually predicted the quality offamily life. Also, as expe…
A two-wave study on the health and relationship consequences of experienced stigma among individuals with concealable chronic health conditions
Applying and extending the concealable stigmatized identity outcomes model, this two-wave study examined the psychological, behavioral, physical, and relational health consequences of experienced stigma among a sample of 124 individuals with concealable chronic health conditions. Path analyses revealed that chronic health condition-related experienced stigma was associated with greater chronic health condition-related stress, which in turn was li…
Pathways to Literacy: Connections between family assets and preschool children’s emergent literacy skills
Using a developmental assets framework, we examined the influences of family resources, routines, and stress on preschool-aged children’s emerging literacy development. Data were collected from 85 children as well as from their parents. Using path analysis, the results revealed that the more regular the routines in the household, the more likely parents were to engage their children in literacy enhancing activities, and in turn the higher the chi…
How Conversational Goals Predict Sexual Self-Disclosure Decisions
Communicating verbally about sexual topics is one aspect of sexual communication, and romantic partners have to choose whether to disclose sexual information. The present study used conversational goals - what one hopes to accomplish in the conversation - to examine how people decide whether or not to engage in sexual self-disclosure. In an online survey, romantically involved participants (n = 428) provided data on four conversational goals (ins…
The impact of concealable chronic health conditions on college students' academic outcomes: A two-wave study
College students ( N = 125) with concealable chronic health conditions (CCHCs) completed online surveys at the beginning and end of the semester assessing stigma experiences and academic outcomes. Correlations showed stigma, alienation, and lack of campus fit were associated with greater illness-related academic interference ( ps < 0.001), negative academic self-comparison ( ps < 0.001), academic anxiety ( ps < 0.001), academic dissatisfaction ( …
Cognitive interdependence and the everyday expression of commitment
Based on interdependence theory, this study expands the work on cognitive interdependence-viewing a relationship as a pluralistic collective-by testing the proposition that cognitive interdependence is connected with everyday expressions of commitment. A sample of 275 individuals in romantic relationships completed an online survey. Results revealed that cognitive interdependence is characterized by greater inclusion of partners into self-concept…
A two-sided coin: Mapping perceptions of the pros and cons of relationship commitment
Four studies documented the pros and cons of people's experiences of relational commitment. Study 1 used individual's own words to develop an initial taxonomy of elements connected with commitment. Study 2 empirically refined that taxonomy, identifying three primary factors underlying perceptions of commitment-positive, negative, and constraint. Study 3 found evidence of convergent validity with various measures of relationship commitment and sat…
Congruency of preferences for family-based gender roles and family satisfaction in two-generation farm families
Intergenerational Family Communication: Generational Differences in Rural Families
The aging of our society creates increased opportunity for intergenerational communication between parents and adult children. While many researchers have studied the overall relationships within intergenerational families, few have examined communication within such families. This study explores generational differences in perceptions of communication problems, family communication resources and communication satisfaction in a specific intergene…
Work‐Family Conflict and the Quality of Family Life: Specifying Linking Mechanisms
This study evaluated a conceptual model that specified relationships between work and family demands, work‐family conflict, stress, and the quality offamily life. Usinga sample of 328female and 187 male working parents, path analysis indicated that the intersect of structural and psychological characteristics of work andfamily was related to work‐family conflict, influenced stress, and eventually predicted the quality offamily life. Also, as expe…
A Longitudinal Study of Adolescents' Perceptions of Support and Stress: Stability and Change
Social support has been found to reduce adolescents' perceptions of stress and to contribute to greater well-being; however, lacking in much of the research has been the examination of changes in social support in the lives of'adolescents. Examined in this study were changes in adolescent support and stress over a 7-month period. Three-hundred fifty-two students completed a questionnaire at three points in time over 7 months. Results indicated th…
All marriages are not maintained equally: Marital type, marital quality, and the use of maintenance behaviors
Although a growing amount of research has shown that married couples enact behaviors that maintain or preserve the relationship, little attention has examined how maintenance strategies are used in different types of marriages. This study investigated differences in the use of maintenance behaviors and in perceptions of marital quality across various marital types and explored the relationship between maintenance behaviors, marital types and key …
Using Paired Data to Test Models of Relational Maintenance and Marital Quality
Recent research has developed a good understanding of how maintenance behaviors are related to husbands' and wives' individual perceptions of marriage. Unfortunately, one of the limitations is that data have been collected from an individual spouse and may be misleading when applied to the relationship as a whole. The purpose of the present study was to test a procedure by which data collected from spouses can be used to examine joint couple-leve…
Relational Maintenance Behaviors, Marital Satisfaction, and Commitment in Tatar, Russian, and Mixed Russian-Tatar Marriages: An Exploratory Analysis
The cultural context in Tatarstan is currently characterized by uncertainty and change. Since perestroika, glasnost, and ultimately the fall of communism, the cultures of the former Soviet Republic have been struggling to regain stability and balance. This has put incredible pressure on families and, especially, the marital relationship. This study explores the relationship among communication strategies designed to maintain marriages and marital…
The Impact of Relational Maintenance Behaviors on Marital Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Analysis
In this study we investigate the longitudinal relation between maintenance behaviors and marital satisfaction. Forty married couples completed measures of maintenance behaviors and marital satisfaction at Time 1. The couples again completed the measure of marital satisfaction 1 year later. Analyses revealed that the use of maintenance behaviors at Time 1 was related to perceptions of satisfaction at Time 2. Further, certain maintenance behaviors …
Children’s acquisition of early literacy skills: Examining family contributions
Investigating the Behavioral Indicators of Relational Commitment
Although the commitment literature has made good progress at explaining why people stay in or leave relationships, much of this literature does not address the daily behavioral aspects of relationship commitment. This article reports the results of two studies undertaken to more systematically investigate the behavioral indicators of commitment. The first study asked 248 people what things they do or say to show their commitment to their partners…
Family influences on commitment: Examining the family of origin correlates of relationship commitment attitudes
Two studies were conducted to investigate the lessons about relationship commitment that people gain from their families of origin. In the first study, participants identified a story from their families of origin that characterized a number of themes about commitment. In the second study, these themes were further refined to reveal eight factors underlying these themes: dedication to partner, constraints on relationships, relationships are imper…
A Communication Approach to the Construction of Commitment in the Early Years of Marriage: A Qualitative Study
This study employed a qualitative approach to gain a picture of one recently married couple's experience of "commitment" in their relationship. Interviews were conducted with a recently-married couple as to the meaning and construction of commitment in their relationship. The findings revealed particular events, conditions, and interactions that the couple themselves said are relevant to their "commitment." Further, their definition of "commitmen…
Ecological influences of the home and the child-care center on preschool-age children's literacy development
Based on ecological theory, this study examined how four components of children's home and child-care literacy environments, and the connections between these environments, were associated with preschool-age children's literacy and language development. Interview and standardized assessment data were collected from 85 preschool-age children, their parents, and child-care teachers. Findings from correlation and hierarchical multiple regression ana…
Contributions of the home literacy environment to preschool‐aged children’s emerging literacy and language skills
This paper reports on a study that examined both the concurrent and logitudinal connections between multiple components of the home environment and indicators of preschool‐aged children’s literacy and language development. Data were collected from 85 parents and their children at two different times. Results of structural path models indicated that (a) parental literacy habits were positively associated with parental reading beliefs, (b) parental…
Influence Strategies in Marriage: Self and Partner Links between Equity, Strategy Use, and Marital Satisfaction and Commitment
This study explored connections among perceived equity-of-influence levels, use of influence strategies, and satisfaction and commitment in marriage. Data collected from 107 married couples revealed that perceptions of equity of influence were associated with use of influence strategies, as well as perceptions of marital satisfaction and commitment. Further, wives' reported use of indirect and unilateral strategies played a more prominent role in…
Roles and Influence in Marriages: Both Spouses' Perceptions Contribute to Marital Commitment
This study used responses from both spouses to examine the multiple ways in which perceptions of roles and influence were related to marital commitment. Using a dyadic approach, the authors investigated four types of associations—self, cross‐spouse, gender, and additive—among perceptions of role and influence quality with reports of marital commitment. Data gathered from 107 married couples revealed that when spouses saw their roles and levels of…
Parental Divorce and the Types of Commitment-Related Messages People Gain from Their Families of Origin
The purpose of this study was to examine the influences of types of commitment-related messages gained from families of origin. A sample of young adults was asked about the messages they believed they gained from their families of origin, to what degrees those messages affected their relationship experiences, and how these messages are related to their beliefs about romantic relationships. Results indicated that people with divorced or unhappy pa…
A dyadic assessment of how couples indicate their commitment to each other
This study investigated the behaviors couples use to indicate their commitment in romantic relationships and explored the complex ways in which these behaviors are interconnected. Survey data were collected from 121 romantically involved couples in the United States. Dyadic analysis of the data revealed that the greater the levels of commitment, the more frequent the use of certain behaviors to indicate commitment. In addition, couples were simil…
Relational Maintenance, Satisfaction, and Commitment in Marriages: An Actor-Partner Analysis
We used data collected from 117 married couples to investigate the interdependent nature of spouses' perceptions of marital satisfaction and commitment and the use of maintenance behaviors. Results using dyadic analysis techniques revealed significant actor and partner effects of spouses' perceptions of satisfaction and commitment with the use of maintenance behaviors. Further, the strength of the actor and partner effects were similar between wi…
The Concept of Family: An Analysis of Laypeople's Views of Family
Family scholars have offered a host of formal definitions of family with little consensus. One reason scholars may have trouble reaching agreement is that rather than having a classical definition, there may be a variety of features and forms of family that people consider more typical than others. Three studies were undertaken to gain a better understanding of laypeople's concept of family. Study 1 indicates that people have central features and…
Promoting adolescent sense of coherence: Testing models of risk, protection, and resiliency
Sense of coherence (SOC) is a dispositional trait that has been linked to well‐being in a broad range of populations and contexts. Little is known, however, about the factors associated with SOC development and maintenance across the lifespan. Conceptualized as a condition of resiliency, SOC in adolescents was explored via measures of risk and protection as reported on by 8th and 10th grade students ( N = 1619). Employing cumulative indexes of pr…
Mutuality of commitment in romantic relationships: Exploring a dyadic model
On the basis of the interdependence and interpersonal perception literatures, this article advanced and tested a dyadic model of mutuality of commitment. It is argued that mutuality of commitment is composed of 4 perceptions (i.e., A's self and other perceptions, and B's self and other perceptions) and 4 types of interconnections among the perceptions (i.e., actual, assumed, empathic, and reciprocal mutuality). Evidence for the presence of the 4 …
Pathways to Literacy: Connections between family assets and preschool children’s emergent literacy skills
Using a developmental assets framework, we examined the influences of family resources, routines, and stress on preschool-aged children’s emerging literacy development. Data were collected from 85 children as well as from their parents. Using path analysis, the results revealed that the more regular the routines in the household, the more likely parents were to engage their children in literacy enhancing activities, and in turn the higher the chi…
A prototype analysis of infidelity
The current research tested whether the concept of infidelity is prototypically organized and whether laypeople's conceptualizations of infidelity are consistent with how researchers have operationalized this construct. Across 4 studies, results indicated that infidelity is indeed prototypically organized as individuals are able to list and rate how central certain features are to the infidelity construct. Furthermore, there was evidence that the…
A two-sided coin: Mapping perceptions of the pros and cons of relationship commitment
Four studies documented the pros and cons of people's experiences of relational commitment. Study 1 used individual's own words to develop an initial taxonomy of elements connected with commitment. Study 2 empirically refined that taxonomy, identifying three primary factors underlying perceptions of commitment-positive, negative, and constraint. Study 3 found evidence of convergent validity with various measures of relationship commitment and sat…
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