In the current study, we used 5 waves of longitudinal data from a large representative
sample of Norwegian mothers (N= 84,711) to examine the association between romantic …

We examined the effects of self-esteem development on the development of relationship
satisfaction in 2 samples of couples. Study 1 used data from both partners of 885 couples …

The present longitudinal study used data from 187 newlywed couples to examine the impact
of the birth of the first child on self-esteem over the course of the first 5 years of marriage …

Previous research on the role of self–esteem in partner relationships indicates that it is both
predictive of and predicted by variables such as relationship satisfaction. However, most of …

Relationship-contingent self-esteem (RCSE) emerges from perspectives on authenticity,
need fulfillment, and relationship functioning and is an unhealthy form of self-esteem that …

This study examined whether people are more maritally satisfied when the valence of their
partner's view of them is congruent with the valence of their self‐view. In doing so …

Research suggests that self-esteem increases during late adolescence and young
adulthood, but that there is large interindividual variability in this development. However …

The relationships between marital satisfaction, self-actualization, and empathy scores were
tested for 30 intact couples. Analyses indicated that both self-actualization and empathy …

This study examines change in women's self-evaluations in the maternal role from before to
after the birth of a couple's first child. A few weeks after delivery, women's average ratings of …

The early years of marriage are a time of significant personal and relational changes as
partners adjust to their new roles, but the specific ways that spouses' personalities may …