How both partners' individual differences, stress, and behavior predict change in relationship satisfaction: Extending the VSA model

JK McNulty, AL Meltzer, LA Neff… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
We pooled data from 10 longitudinal studies of 1,104 married couples to test the
Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation (VSA) model of change in relationship satisfaction. Studies …

Depressive symptoms, external stress, and marital adjustment: The buffering effect of partner's responsive behavior

PR Pietromonaco, NC Overall… - … and personality science, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Guided by theory emphasizing that partner responsiveness underlies well-functioning
romantic relationships, we examined whether partners' responsive behavior buffered the …

When poor communication does and does not matter: The moderating role of stress.

TP Nguyen, BR Karney, TN Bradbury - Journal of Family …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 34 (6) of Journal of
Family Psychology (see record 2020-62946-001). There are two errors in the last sentence …

The dynamic structure of relationship perceptions: Differential importance as a strategy of relationship maintenance

LA Neff, BR Karney - Personality and Social Psychology …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
How do couples maintain relationship satisfaction despite specific negative perceptions of
their relationships? One way to minimize the global implications of negative perceptions is to …

Factors that contribute to the maintenance or decline of relationship satisfaction

F Righetti, R Faure, G Zoppolat, A Meltzer… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The quality of romantic relationships influences physical and mental health. However,
maintaining happy and healthy relationships is challenging; relationship satisfaction …

Stress and reactivity to daily relationship experiences: How stress hinders adaptive processes in marriage.

LA Neff, BR Karney - Journal of personality and social psychology, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Maintaining a relationship requires that intimates successfully navigate the ups and downs
of their daily experiences with their partners. Intimates whose daily global satisfaction is …

How does context affect intimate relationships? Linking external stress and cognitive processes within marriage

LA Neff, BR Karney - Personality and Social Psychology …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Stressors external to the marriage frequently affect the way spouses evaluate their marital
quality. To date, however, understanding of the interplay between external stress and …

Stress resilience in early marriage: Can practice make perfect?

LA Neff, EF Broady - Journal of personality and social psychology, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
As all couples experience stressful life events, addressing how couples adapt to stress is
imperative for understanding marital development. Drawing from theories of stress …

Stress crossover in newlywed marriage: A longitudinal and dyadic perspective

LA Neff, BR Karney - Journal of Marriage and Family, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of stress and marital quality often assess stress as an intrapersonal phenomenon,
examining how spouses' stress may influence their own relationship well‐being. Yet …

Within-couple associations between communication and relationship satisfaction over time

MD Johnson, JA Lavner, M Mund… - Personality and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Relationship science contends that the quality of couples' communication predicts
relationship satisfaction over time. Most studies testing these links have examined between …