This study sought to assess the effectiveness of a marital distress prevention program for
couples by examining how marital quality, especially marital competencies such as dyadic …

In dyadic research, the actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) is widely used to
model the effect of a predictor measured across dyad members on one's own and one's …

Highlights•Risk for marital distress is significantly greater for lower income couples.•Lower
income marriages develop in a context filled with negative stressors.•Stressful events …

Although adjusting to health‐related stress is a critical process, existing individual and family
stress and coping theories are inadequate for understanding the processes that occur in the …

Individual coping strategies and dyadic coping independently predict partner well-being and
relationship functioning; however, it is unclear whether the coping processes are inter …

Emotional interdependence—here defined as partners' emotions being linked to each other
across time—is often considered a key characteristic of healthy romantic relationships. But is …

Although the transition to parenthood is currently defined as a normative event, it can be
potentially stressful for the couple relationship as it may contribute to psychological distress …

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 …

This article introduces the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI; Bodenmann, 2008) and aims (1) to
investigate the reliability and aspects of the validity of the Italian and French versions of the …

Financial strain typically has a severe impact on a couple's functioning and the well‐being of
its members. In this study, we examined the indirect relation of financial strain to partners' …