Communication is an important component of relationship satisfaction. Its longitudinal
relationship may not be as robust as previously thought, leaving open the possibility that …

Past research has shown that personality traits predict relationship quality in romantic
couples. However, very little research has investigated psychological processes that …

Feeling satisfied in our relationship and communicating effectively with a partner are both
important for people involved in a romantic relationship and clinicians working with these …

Guided by theory emphasizing that partner responsiveness underlies well-functioning
romantic relationships, we examined whether partners' responsive behavior buffered the …

This study investigated the moderating role of partner enhancement and verification on
couples' emotional responses to daily conflicts. Each evening for 5 weeks, 264 couples in …

Relationship science contends that the quality of couples' communication predicts
relationship satisfaction over time. Most studies testing these links have examined between …

This study investigated how communication patterns, romantic attachment, symptoms of
depression, and perceptions of relationship quality are related concurrently and …

Research on marital interaction has focused primarily on couples in conflict contexts to
understand better processes associated with concurrent and longitudinal outcomes such as …

This study investigates associations between (a) relationship satisfaction and intimate
partner violence (IPV: psychological, physical, and sexual) and (b) observed couple …

Negative and positive conflict communication predicts long-term relationship satisfaction.
However, some studies show harmful effects and others show beneficial effects of negative …