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- Title
Premarital affect as a predictor of postnuptial marital satisfaction.
- Authors
MATTSON, RICHARD E.; FRAME, LAURA E.; JOHNSON, MATTHEW D.
- Abstract
Although well established with newlywed couples, studies examining the association between affective communication during conflict and later relationship satisfaction yield inconsistent results with premarital samples. The current study reexamined this association with a different method of coding affect observed during discussions of separate male- and female-selected problem topics and contemporary methods for modeling dyadic data. The sample included 32 engaged couples assessed across the transition to marriage. Premarital affect correlated with concurrent and postnuptial relationship satisfaction. Men's and women's premarital affect also predicted changes in women's relationship satisfaction across the transition to marriage when controlling for cohabitation, length of the assessment interval, and age. Implications are discussed in the context of prominent developmental models of marriage and current premarital interventions.
- Subjects
MARITAL satisfaction; MARITAL relations; COMPLEMENTARY needs; MARRIAGE; INTERPERSONAL relations; SOCIAL interaction; EMOTIONAL environment; SPOUSES' legal relationship
- Publication
Personal Relationships, 2011, Vol 18, Issue 4, p532
- ISSN
1350-4126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-6811.2010.01315.x