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- Title
Shyness and Marriage: Does Shyness Shape Even Established Relationships?
- Authors
Baker, Levi; McNulty, James K.
- Abstract
Do shy people struggle to maintain their relationships just as they struggle to develop them? The current research addressed this question through one cross-sectional and one longitudinal study in which recently married couples reported their levels of shyness, relationship self-efficacy, marital problem severity, and marital satisfaction. Multilevel modeling revealed that (a) shyness was negatively associated with concurrent marital satisfaction in Study 1 and with declines in marital satisfaction in Study 2, (b) the association between shyness and satisfaction was mediated by low levels of relationship self-efficacy in Study 1 and Study 2, and (c) the association between relationship self-efficacy and concurrent marital satisfaction was mediated by concurrent marital problems in Study 1, and the association between relationship self-efficacy and declines in marital satisfaction was mediated by worsening marital problems in Study 2. These findings join a growing body of research demonstrating the cognitive mechanisms through which personality shapes relationships.
- Subjects
MARRIAGE; MARRIED people; MARITAL relations; MARITAL satisfaction; BASHFULNESS; SELF-efficacy; PERSONALITY &; society; LONGITUDINAL method; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 2010, Vol 36, Issue 5, p665
- ISSN
0146-1672
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0146167210367489