Linking financial distress to marital quality: The intermediary roles of demand/withdraw and spousal gratitude expressions

AW Barton, TG Futris, RB Nielsen - Personal Relationships, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates demand/withdraw communication and spousal expressions of
gratitude as intervening variables in the association between financial distress and marital …

The protective effects of perceived gratitude and expressed gratitude for relationship quality among African American couples

AW Barton, AIC Jenkins, Q Gong… - Journal of Social …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The current study was designed to investigate the protective effects of gratitude in romantic
relationships. Particular attention was given to differentiating the beneficial effects of …

A dyadic perspective on gratitude sheds light on both its benefits and its costs: Evidence that low gratitude acts as a “weak link”.

JK McNulty, A Dugas - Journal of Family Psychology, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Research suggests gratitude benefits close relationships. However, relationships involve 2
people, and the interpersonal implications of mismatches in gratitude remain unclear. Is it …

A contextual analysis of the association between demand/withdraw and marital satisfaction

JP Caughlin, TL Huston - Personal Relationships, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of research connecting the demand/withdraw pattern of marital interaction to marital
dissatisfaction, questions remain about its association with marital satisfaction when it is …

Financial stress and marital quality: The moderating influence of couple communication

HH Kelley, AB LeBaron, EJ Hill - Journal of Financial Therapy, 2018 - newprairiepress.org
This study explores the negative relationship between financial stress and marital quality
and examines couple communication as a moderator in this relationship. Using a sample of …

Is gratitude always beneficial to interpersonal relationships? The interplay of grateful disposition, grateful mood, and grateful expression among married couples

JLT Leong, SX Chen, HHL Fung… - Personality and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of research has documented positive outcomes of gratitude in personal and
interpersonal domains. To uncover the dynamic process of gratitude and relational well …

Financial strain, dyadic coping, relationship satisfaction, and psychological distress: A dyadic mediation study in Greek couples

EC Karademas, P Roussi - Stress and Health, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
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' …

Financial wellness and relationship satisfaction: Does communication mediate?

MJ Wilmarth, RB Nielsen… - Family and Consumer …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This research investigated if married couples' positive and negative communication patterns
mediate the association between financial wellness and relationship satisfaction. Data were …

Money matters in marriage: Financial concerns, warmth, and hostility among military couples

DB Ross, CW O'neal, AL Arnold, JA Mancini - Journal of Family and …, 2017 - Springer
The effects of military couples'(N= 219) financial management concerns on marital quality
were investigated using an actor-partner interdependence model based on the family stress …

The protective role of couple communication in moderating negative associations between financial stress and sexual outcomes for newlyweds

JS Wikle, CE Leavitt, JB Yorgason, JP Dew… - Journal of Family and …, 2021 - Springer
This study longitudinally examined the sexual costs of economic distress in newlywed
couple relationships. Family stress theory posits an association between economic pressure …