The association between marital discord and depression is well established. Marital discord
is hypothesized to be a stressful life event that would evoke one's efforts to cope with it. In an …

Several decades of research have demonstrated that marital relationships have a powerful
influence on physical health. However, surprisingly little is known about how marriage …

In this investigation, we use the Conservation of Resources (CoR) theory as a guide to
examine how both uplifts and hassles are associated with positive (eg, satisfaction …

In a two-year study of 190 newlywed couples, multi-level contemporaneous and time-lagged
models indicated that marital satisfaction and depressive symptoms covaried over time, but …

Objective: The present study aimed to compare dyadic coping (DC) and dyadic adjustment
in couples in which the woman was experiencing high levels of depressive symptoms and in …

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 …

Although getting married is no longer a requirement for social acceptance, most people do
marry in their lifetimes, and couples across the socioeconomic spectrum wish their …

This article presents a 5-year prospective longitudinal study exploring the effects of stress
and individual and dyadic coping on relationship stability among couples in Switzerland …

In the past thirty years, stimulating scientific research conducted in the field of stress and
coping has appeared in numerous theoretical and empirical publications. Along side the …

In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, impairments of dyadic coping are associated with
reduced quality of life. However, existing studies have a cross-sectional design. The present …