However, since over 30 percent of young adults are not in committed romantic relationships (Scott, Steward - Streng, Manlove, Schelar, & Cui, 2011), addressing individuals» general romantic relationship patterns might both improve
current relationship satisfaction for partnered individuals and enhance the formation and maintenance of future relationships for single individuals.
H4: Perceptions of similarity currently will be associated positively with (a) being friends first; (b) currently having overlapping social networks; (c) receiving positive social network reactions to one's relationship; (d) perceiving that one's relationship is compatible; and (e)
current relationship satisfaction and commitment.
More frequent communication with the former was associated with lower
current relationship satisfaction.
But interestingly, more frequent discussions of the specifics of the engagement (i.e., proposal and engagement ring (s)-RRB- were associated with lower levels of
current relationship satisfaction and commitment.
The couples»
current relationship satisfaction was not linked to whether one's partner apologized, but satisfaction did predict how partners apologized to one another.
For married individuals, discussing the possibility of getting married more frequently prior to becoming engaged was not related to
current relationship satisfaction or commitment.
Not exact matches
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed
satisfaction with the
current level of
relationship between Nigeria and the United States.
Many are married and looking for
satisfaction outside their
current relationship by cheating — with and without their husband's blessing!
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relationships, and cementing
current ones.
Skills listed on sample resumes of Advertising Account Managers include developing and maintaining strong account
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current and future advertising spend.
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Again the participants who said they had been poached by their partners tended to report less commitment and
satisfaction in their
current relationships, and more interest in romantic alternatives.
In the group of individuals with diabetes, commitment within a
relationship mediated the relations between emotional
satisfaction and the sense of control and overall
satisfaction with
current life, including within the psychological, social, and environmental domains.
I am particularly interested in working with people who have experienced complex or recurring trauma in their early lives and the impact it may be having on their
current relationships and overall life
satisfaction.»
You'll not only overcome your
current problems, but build a
relationship based on mutual
satisfaction, respect, and love.
Eighty heterosexual dating couples provided information about their gender, individual histories of abuse in their
current relationship, attachment styles, perception of and
satisfaction with
relationship power.
Nevertheless, the
current HC status × HC status at
relationship formation × husbands» facial attractiveness interaction was negatively associated with wives» marital
satisfaction in all three analyses.
Consider this list a general set of guidelines that can help you start evaluating whether your
current relationship is bringing you
satisfaction and happiness.
The
current study investigated the indirect effect of partner phubbing on depression via
relationship satisfaction and the moderating role of
relationship length in this indirect effect.
Further, a different measure of
relationship quality that assessed trust, passion, commitment, intimacy, love, and
satisfaction was employed, and stability and growth measures were also modified to focus on future anticipated changes (vs.
current changes as they had done for
relationship quality in Study 1).
Incongruency between HC use at
relationship formation and
current HC use was negatively associated with sexual
satisfaction, regardless of husbands» facial attractiveness.
Afterward, participants completed measures of motivations to share media (i.e., how much they desired to watch their favorite TV / movies with their partner), and
relationship satisfaction (e.g., «I am extremely happy with my
current romantic
relationship»).
2): Yti (wives»
satisfaction) = b0i + b1i (month of assessment) + b2i (husbands»
satisfaction) + b3i (
current HC status) + b4i (HC status at
relationship formation) + b5i (
current HC status × HC status at
relationship formation) + e0ti + r0i.
The
current investigation demonstrated that CBCT produced improvements in clinician - rated PTSD symptoms and a range of comorbid symptoms, as well as patient - rated
relationship satisfaction.
Before leaving for break, the students self - reported their commitment levels,
relationship satisfaction and perceived alternatives to their
current partner.
Consistent with a previous article on SofR, I challenged the notion that there is a causal association between Facebook use and divorce; however, I did discuss the idea that Facebook may present new challenges to
relationship commitment because Facebook increases the number of alternative partners we perceive to our
current relationships.2 I also incorporated SofR writer Jennifer Bevan's research which indicates that couples who use integrative communication (e.g., explaining your feelings of jealousy calmly and constructively to your partner) report more
satisfaction and commitment in their
relationships.3
However, the frequency with which couples discussed the proposal, ring, and wedding prior to getting engaged was not related to
current relationship or commitment or to individuals»
satisfaction with the proposal, ring, or planned wedding.
If your life has become overwhelming, your
relationships difficult to manage, or if you are experiencing less
satisfaction at work or home, then therapy may be a positive step to alleviate your
current difficulties.
Father involvement increased for
current couples group participants, though not as much as for benchmark couples group participants; they showed statistically similar positive changes on 6 measures (decline in parenting stress, stability in couple
relationship satisfaction, children's hyperactivity, social withdrawal, psychological symptoms, increased income).
In this view,
relationship satisfaction is a juxtaposition between outcomes in the
current relationship and the comparison level (expectations) for the
current relationship.
In the
current study, a single score of DAS will be used based on the definition of
satisfaction by Johnson (1991; Johnson et al., 1999), which was «attraction to the
relationship».
H4 predicted that perceptions of similarity currently would be associated with being friends first,
current overlapping social networks, positive reaction from the network for their
relationship, perceptions that the
relationship was compatible,
satisfaction, and commitment.
Post treatment, all of the adults in stable
relationships indicated average and above average
satisfaction with their
current love
relationship (QOLI ® Love Scale), and only 3 (10.7 %) indicated discomfort in their intimate
relationships with others (TABS: OI).
The
current findings lend support to a longer term cascade model, where initial low levels of emotional support are associated with subsequent lower levels of
relationship satisfaction, eventually resulting in dissolution.
But the researchers on the
current study went a step further, looking at the role that self - differentiation played in the link between rejection sensitivity and
relationship satisfaction.
Finally, the researchers measured the participants»
satisfaction with their
current relationships.
Since no differences in self - esteem between pregnant and nonpregnant participants were found in the
current study, differences in
relationship and partner
satisfaction can not be attributed to this variable.
Therefore, in the
current paper we explicitly compared pregnant and nonpregnant women to investigate whether pregnant women's
relationship satisfaction differs from nonpregnant women, i.e. whether pregnant women are more positive about their partner and their
relationship than nonpregnant women.
Furthermore, the
current studies did not assess participants own
relationship quality, duration,
satisfaction, or ethnic composition.
Since correlational analyses revealed that the dependent variables in the
current study were in general quite strongly correlated with each other, a MANOVA was conducted with pregnancy as a factor and participants»
satisfaction with the
relationship,
satisfaction with the partner,
relationship satisfaction, partner's mate value, own mate value, and mean self - esteem as dependent variables.
For men,
relationship satisfaction may pertain more to
current life events than with the their thoughts (mental models) about attachment; whereas for women, thoughts about the
relationship conform to thoughts regarding earlier important
relationships.
The finding by Milyavskaya et al. (2009) about the positive
relationship between need
satisfaction with friends and well - being, as well as the results of the
current study demonstrate that need
satisfaction with peers and friends plays an important role in well - being at this stage of life, and that need
satisfaction occurs in leisure activity involvement with peers, as well as in the school and the family (Milyavskaya and Koestner 2011; Sheldon et al. 2009; Veronneau et al. 2005).
This study expanded
current research on attachment styles to incorporate
relationship satisfaction.
Whereas short and long - term former
relationships had a predictive power for less emotional insecurity, less conflict tolerance and more dysfunctional conflict styles in the
current partnership, there was no effect of earlier
relationship experiences on partnership
satisfaction and future orientation.
Hypothesis 4: In terms of
current romantic
relationships, secure adult attachment styles will be positively associated with
relationship satisfaction, while insecure adult attachment styles will be negatively associated with
relationship satisfaction.
The study was carried out to attempt to predict emotional insecurity, partnership
satisfaction, commitment and conflict behavior in
current relationships on the basis of different separation experiences (e.g. long vs. short former
relationship and interim separation from
current partner).
Participants completed a battery of self - report measures assessing their attachment style in romantic
relationships,
satisfaction in their
current romantic
relationship, and an adjective checklist describing their parents and their parent's
relationship with each other.
Relationship satisfaction was measured as response to the item «All in all, how would you rate your current relation
Relationship satisfaction was measured as response to the item «All in all, how would you rate your
current relationshiprelationship?»