Through providing sensitive support and making their partners feel good, husbands can feel useful, resulting in better feelings about themselves and their marriages. (scienceofrelationships.com)
It can be helpful for families to have opportunities to talk about their experiences and to receive sensitive support when required. (kidsmatter.edu.au)
This study examined how sensitive support provision and receipt were related to marital outcomes in a sample of 57 happily married, middle - class couples from the Midwestern U.S. To assess how observed supportive behaviors may be differentially associated with self - reported support satisfaction, marital love, and marital conflict for men and women, we utilized a series of Actor Partner Interdependence Models (APIM). (link.springer.com)