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- Title
Financial Wellness and Relationship Satisfaction: Does Communication Mediate?
- Authors
Wilmarth, Melissa J.; Nielsen, Robert B.; Futris, Ted G.
- Abstract
This research investigated if married couples' positive and negative communication patterns mediate the association between financial wellness and relationship satisfaction. Data were collected from married individuals in a southern state in 2007 ( N = 515) and 2011 ( N = 489). Guided by social exchange theory, structural equation models isolated the mediating effects of positive and negative communication patterns. In concert with a consistent and positive direct path from financial wellness to relationship satisfaction, financial wellness was positively associated with positive communication patterns and negatively associated with negative communication patterns. Although a mediating role for positive communication was not identified, negative communication patterns indicated full mediation with the 2007 sample and partial mediation with the 2011 sample. Implications for understanding the effects of finances and couple communication processes on relationship satisfaction are discussed.
- Subjects
COMMUNICATION &; society; GENDER differences in communication; MARRIED people; MARITAL quality; FINANCIAL management
- Publication
Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 2014, Vol 43, Issue 2, p131
- ISSN
1077-727X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/fcsr.12092