Partners in couple relationships inevitably encounter positive and negative events in their
everyday lives: the ways they respond to such events have relevant effects on their personal …

Current models of couple functioning emphasize the role of affective communication,
specifically negativity and negative reciprocity. However, definitions of negativity are often …

Close relationship partners often share successes and triumphs with one another, but this
experience is rarely the focus of empirical study. In this study, 79 dating couples completed …

Perhaps not surprisingly, romantic couples experience stress. Stress can originate both
within the relationship, such as differing viewpoints between partners, or outside the …

For many years, couples research has focused a great deal on marital distress and
dissolution and, in particular, the types, frequency and management of conflict. However …

In‐depth interviews with individuals who had experienced marital infidelity revealed a three‐
stage process following disclosure of an affair. The process starts with an “emotional roller …

In their classic work on marriage, Berger and Kellner wrote:''The reality of the world is
sustained through conversation with significant others”(1964, p. 53). Spouses, in particular …

Marital and family research has tended to focus on distressed relationships. Reasons for this
focus are documented before keys to establishing a positive relationship science are …

The couple, from its formation and throughout its life cycle, is faced with several sources of
stress which could be daily stressors (minor stress; eg, everyday family demands; …

When experiencing personal distress, people usually expect their romantic partner to be
supportive. However, when put in a situation to provide support, people may at times (still) …