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- Title
The Influence of In-Laws on Change in Marital Success.
- Authors
Bryant, Chalandra M.; Conger, Rand D.; Meehan, Jennifer M.
- Abstract
This study prospectively examines the association between discord with in-laws and the long-term relationship success of husbands and wives who had been married for an average of almost 2 decades. We hypothesized that the quality of spouses' relationships with their parents-in-law would predict spouses' marital success. In addition, this study underscores the causal role of in-laws by examining the influence of marital success on relationships with in-laws. For wives, discord with mothers- and fathers-in-law predicted own perceptions of marital success at a later time period. Results were slightly different for husbands' discord with fathers-in-law. The reverse (marital success predicting less discord with in-laws) was only true .for husbands. The study also explored the influence of spouses' discord with in-laws on partners' perceptions of marital success. These are among the first prospective, longitudinal findings demonstrating that, even in long-term marriages, conflicts in extended family relations will erode marital stabiliy, satisfaction, and commitment over time.
- Subjects
PARENTS-in-law; FAMILIES; MARITAL conflict; MARRIED people; INTERPERSONAL relations; DOMESTIC relations
- Publication
Journal of Marriage & Family, 2001, Vol 63, Issue 3, p614
- ISSN
0022-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00614.x