Socioemotional behavior and satisfaction in marital relationships
A longitudinal study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6204093 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ted L Huston (The University of Texas at Austin), Anita L Vangelisti (0000-0002-8461-5859) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 721-733 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.61.5.721 |
| PMID | 1753328 |
| OpenAlex | W4230396366 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 109 |
| References cited | 8 |
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
Affection · Developmental psychology · Longitudinal study · Negativity effect · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Wife · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Emotion regulation predicts marital satisfaction
An Examination of Couples' Difficulties With Emotional Expressiveness and Their Marital Satisfaction
A contextual analysis of the association between demand/withdraw and marital satisfaction
Interaction Appearance Theory
Display Rule Development in Romantic Relationships Emotion Management and Perceived Appropriateness of Emotions Across Relationship Stages
Couples' Concurrent Cognitions The Influence of Relational Satisfaction on the Thoughts Couples Have as They Converse
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The longitudinal course of marital quality and stability
The Role of Person Versus Situation in Life Satisfaction
Implicitly imprinting the past on the present
Benevolent cognitions as a strategy of relationship maintenance
Predicting Change in Marital Satisfaction from Husbands' and Wives' Conflict Resolution Styles
The Tripartite Nature of Marital Commitment
Parental Conformity Expectations' Effect on Twins' and Singletons' Parent–Adolescent Relationships
The reliability of relationship satisfaction
Problem-Solving Skills and Affective Expressions as Predictors of Change in Marital Satisfaction.
Relationship Duration Moderates Associations Between Attachment and Relationship Quality
A Leap of Faith? Positive Illusions in Romantic Relationships
Marital Quality over the Transition to Parenthood as a Predictor of Coparenting
Female Domestic Violence Toward Male Partners
Attrition Biases in a Study of Euro-American and African-American Marriages
Reported Affectionate Communication and Satisfaction in Marital and Dating Relationships
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Too Much Screen Time or Too Much Guilt? How Child Screen Time and Parental Screen Guilt Affect Parental Stress and Relationship Satisfaction
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The Role of Relationship Education in Strengthening Attachment
Service Members’ Couple Finances
Financial Stress and Perceptions of Spousal Behavior Over Time in Remarriages
An Evaluation of the Elevate Program for Couples
Validating the Couple Relationship Skills Inventory
How Americans communicate affection
Negative Partner Attributions Moderate the Association between Heart Rate Reactivity During Relationship Conflict and Relationship Satisfaction
Marital Functioning From Middle to Later Years
Representations of Marriage and Expectations of Parenthood
Exploring Family Communication Patterns and Interpersonal Technologies in United States-Based Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships
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Conflict resolution styles as predictors of marital adjustment and marital satisfaction
Measuring Relationship Quality in an International Study
The Effect of Forgiveness on Marital Satisfaction in Relation to Marital Stability
Adaptation of the Couples Satisfaction Index into Russian
Older Adolescents' Perceptions of Communication Problems with Their Parents
Hurtful Family Environments
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Predicting relationship stability from both partners versus one
Seeing virtues in faults
Narcissism and romantic relationships
Bad is Stronger than Good
Spillover and Crossover Effects of Work-Family Conflict among Married and Cohabiting Couples
Associations between Relationship Maintenance Behaviors and Marital Stability in Remarriages
A Test of the Family Stress Model Using a Remarriage Sample
Can Divorce Be Prevented by Enhancing the Coping Skills of Couples
The Effects of Narcissism and Humor Coping on Anger Expression in Married Couples 1
Self‐expansion and flow
Perceptions of marital interaction and change during pregnancy
Positive and negative
Effects of participation in a longitudinal study of dating
Premarital affect as a predictor of postnuptial marital satisfaction
Predicting marital satisfaction from behavior
What's love got to do with it? Why some marriages succeed and others fail
Influence of individual and interpersonal factors on satisfaction and stability in romantic relationships
Marital satisfaction and topographical assessment of marital interaction
Behavioral buffers on the effect of negativity on marital satisfaction
Trajectories of relationship satisfaction
Sensual and Sexual Marital Contentment in Parents of Small Children—A Follow-Up Study When the First Child is Four Years Old
Sex without Desire
Sexuality in Marriage, Dating, and Other Relationships
Maternal experiences of childhood psychological maltreatment
Spouses' joint purchase decisions
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Social relationships
Ambivalence over emotional expressiveness in intimate relationships
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The Role of Conflict-Based Communication Responses and Outcomes in Male Domestic Violence toward Female Partners
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An Instrument to Investigate Expectations about and Experiences of the Parent-Child Relationship
Sampling Couples to Understand them
The Role of Identity in the Link between Relationship Thinking and Relationship Satisfaction
Obstacles to Ethnic Diversity in Marital Research
Marital Well-Being and General Happiness of Newlywed Couples
The role of social context in the association between leisure activities and romantic relationship quality
Actor-partner effects in the associations between relationship characteristics and reactions to marital sexual intimacy
A Longitudinal Study of Conflict in Early Marriage
Challenges in conceptualizing social support
Motivations for infidelity in heterosexual dating couples
Good days, bad days
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Impact of Positive and Negative Socioemotional Behaviors on Remarital Instability
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Marital Quality for Men and Women in Stepfamilies
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| Unique citing works | 105 |
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| Citations per year | 3,21 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 94 |