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Blumberg, Maxwell Gerald. "Interpersonal Conflict Behaviour as a Mediator between Couples' Personalities and their Relationship Satisfaction: Application of the Actor-Partner Interdependence and Gender-Specific Models." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436373.
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Christensen, Kara Alise. "Examining relationships between interpersonal emotion regulation, psychopathology, andrelationship quality in female friend dyads." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1563803675071968.
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Smith, Heather Michele. "Commitment, Forgiveness, and Relationship Self-Regulation: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4191.
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Relationship self-regulation (RSR) refers to the “work”, or effort and strategies, that partners exert over time to maintain the health of their romantic relationships. Most research focuses on self-reports of RSR, however, several studies suggest that partner perceptions are more influential in relationship appraisal. In addition, most RSR research has focused not on partners' attitudes and virtues like commitment, but instead on personality traits, emotional health, and communication skills. In this study, we examine the relationship between partners' levels of commitment and forgiveness within their relationships, and how they perceive their partner's use of RSR behaviors. Using paired data from 679 cohabiting and married couples who took the RELATE questionnaire, we found that males' and females' self-reports of commitment and forgiveness were both positively associated with higher perceptions of partner RSR. Likewise, we found that, for females, higher self-reports of commitment and forgiveness were positively correlated with higher male perceptions of her RSR, and male forgiveness was positively correlated with female perceptions of his RSR. The variables of commitment and forgiveness explained an average of 44% of the variance in perceptions of partner RSR for both genders. Implications for future research and clinicians are discussed.
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Dorfman, Caroline S. "The Dyadic Experience of Cancer Recurrence: A test of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1321566848.
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Deitz, Sharon Luu. "A theoretical framework of Interracial Couple Relationship Success: empirical findings from a sample of Black-White couples in the United States." Diss., Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32849.
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Doctor of PhilosophySchool of Family Studies and Human Services
Jared R. Anderson
The current study proposes a theoretical model of Interracial Couple Relationship Success and empirically tests a portion of the model in which ethnic identity is linked to relationship satisfaction for Black-White interracial couples. Data were collected from 185 heterosexual Black-White marital couples in the United States. An actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) was used to test the direct and indirect effects of ethnic identity to relationship satisfaction via self-esteem and problem-solving skills. The results indicated ethnic identity of both Black and White partners was related to Black but not White partners’ self-esteem. Findings also revealed significant indirect pathways from Black partners’ self-esteem to their own relationship satisfaction via effective problem-solving skills. The indirect pathway from Black partners’ self-esteem to partner relationship satisfaction was also mediated by partner perceptions of problem-solving in the relationship. The results of this study informs the continued development of the of Interracial Couple Relationship Success model and offers data regarding the role of identity and individual well-being in the context of interracial relationships.
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Bretz, Karen. "An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model of Attachment Processes, Conflict Resolution, and Psychological Abuse on Relationship Quality in a Community Sample of Heterosexual Couples." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9932/.
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether adult attachment style, psychological abuse in the marriage, conflict resolution strategies, and gender are associated with relational quality in childless couples in the early years of their marriage. Data were collected from 92 married couples who were recruited from university campuses, churches, and community organizations through e-mails, flyers, newspaper advertisements and mailings. Conceptualizing the interdependence of dyadic data from the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), multilevel linear modeling (MLM) was used to analyze differences within and between couples. It was hypothesized that higher levels of attachment anxiety or avoidance, psychological abuse, and maladaptive conflict resolution strategies would be associated with lower relational quality. Results indicated that attachment avoidance had stronger associations with relational quality than did attachment anxiety, and that higher levels of attachment avoidance were associated with lower relational quality. Additionally, findings indicated a direct negative relationship between both actor and partner psychological abuse and the actor's relational quality. The discussion section addresses strengths and limitations of the present study as well as directions for future research.
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Bretz, Karen Riggs Shelley Ann. "An actor-partner interdependence model of attachment processes, conflict resolution, and psychological abuse on relationship quality in a community sample of heterosexual couples." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9932.
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Shomler, Marsh Danielle. "Prostate Cancer: A Study of Dyadic Communication and Quality of Life for Survivor and Caregiver After Diagnosis." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1617107791287794.
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Rooney, Margaret Catherine. "A Dyadic Study of Relational Turbulence and Communication in Cross-sex Friendships." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1431012799.
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Eisert, Brady C. "Pinpointing Pornography's Effects: Paring Off the Influences of Masturbation, Sexual Desire Discrepancy, and Sexual Engagement in Heterosexual Dyads." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2021. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9151.
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Pornography has increasingly become a hot topic of discussion in the United States, likely due to its increasing rate of consumption. Recent scholarship has indicated the need to account for factors such as masturbation and sexual desire discrepancy when conducting pornography research. The current study isolated the influence pornography use had on those in heterosexual romantic relationships (N=713 couples) by parsing out the effects of sexual desire discrepancy and masturbation. This was done by using a series of nested actor-partner interdependence models (APIM) to see how the relationships between pornography use and sexual satisfaction changed in each model. Masturbation and sexual desire discrepancy were also investigated as potential moderators for the APIMs to explore the effects the levels of these variables had on that relationship. Results from these analyses demonstrated that the best-fitting model included measures of masturbation, sexual desire discrepancy, and sexual engagement (i.e., controls for the values making up sexual desire discrepancy), and that adding each of these variables to the model significantly changed pornography use's actor and partner effects. Masturbation and sexual desire discrepancy were not found to moderate these relationships. A discussion of the research implications of these findings, the limitations of this study, future directions for research, and clinical implications of this study are also presented.
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Driscoll, Janette J. "Physical Health as a Predictor of Change in Self-Reported Presenting Problems in Couple Therapy, as Mediated by Emotional Regulation." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2021. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/9147.
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Recent literature in couple therapy has demonstrated the effects of physical health on some common presenting problems; however, few studies have considered progress as a construct on its own, irrespective of client-identified presenting problem. The current study used an Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediated Model to determine the connection between each partner's physical health and their own and their partner's self-reported progress in couple therapy, mediated by each partner's emotional regulation. Physical health was measured every four sessions using the Health-Related Quality of Life scale, and progress was measured by the Presenting Problem Progress Questionnaire given each time a couple attended therapy. Emotional regulation was measured by the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation scale. The research questions asked whether healthier people and/or their partners would be more emotionally regulated and therefore experience more progress. Results indicated a significant predictive relationship between individual health and presenting problem progress for males and females; however, neither association was mediated by emotional regulation. Additional results suggested that health may predict emotional regulation for both male and female clients, with female health also predicting variation in male emotional regulation. Clinicians are encouraged to consider client health as a predictor of emotional regulation and create treatment goals that facilitate improvements to client health.
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Vadgama, Dimple. "Children of Immigrants: Parenting the Future of America." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2018/schedule/23.
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According to Cohn (2015), by the year 2065 about one-in-three Americans would be an immigrant or have immigrant parents projecting that incoming immigrants, and their children will steer majority of the United States (U.S.) population growth in the next 50 years. According to the projections for 2065, 78 million will be immigrants and 81 million will be individuals born in the U.S. to immigrant parents (see Figure 1). After immigrants from Mexico and China, the third largest immigrant group residing in the U.S. is from Asian-Indian origin. The percentage of Asian-Indian immigrants compared to all other immigrants in the U.S. has consistently proliferated. Considering this pattern of incoming Asian-Indian immigrants, research on parental involvement among Asian-Indians raising children who are U.S. citizens and future Americans is sparse. According to a national level study on paternal involvement with young children, “virtually no research has examined fatherhood among immigrants. Eighteen percent of current births are to mothers born outside of the U.S.; if the fathers also are foreign-born, this is a major gap in existing knowledge” (U.S. Department of Education, 2001, p. 22).
The current study aimed to understand Asian-Indian immigrant couples’ factors influencing fathers’ involvement with school-aged children (6-10 years). Specifically, the study focused on the marital adjustment, parenting self-efficacy and gender-role beliefs about parenting. Parenting is believed to be codependent and nested within a family and cultural structure. While parenting research consistently demonstrates more maternal involvement with children, often fathers’ involvement gets little or no attention. One of the major limitations of fathering research is single source data, often comprising of only mothers’ reports. The purpose of this study was to address this research gap by examining the nested nature of human development using family systems theory.
Actor-partner interdependence model (APIM), a type of dyadic data analysis, was used to examine the actor (spillover) and partner (crossover) effects of parents’ independent variables on their as well as their partners’ reports of paternal involvement. Self-report surveys were collected from 127 Asian-Indian immigrant parents. All the measurement scales had high reliabilities. Results for fathers revealed significant spillover effects of marital adjustment, parenting self-efficacy, and parenting gender role beliefs on fathers’ involvement, and for mothers, only marital adjustment effect on their reports of father involvement. These findings indicate that father involvement is enhanced when both fathers’ and mothers’ are adjusted in their marriage, when fathers’ feel competent in their parenting role and they have egalitarian gender beliefs about parenting. Partner or crossover effects were found from mothers’ marital adjustment onto fathers’ reports of involvement and, fathers’ parenting self-efficacy onto mothers’ reports of fathers’ involvement. These partner effects reveal that fathers’ involvement depend on how adjusted mothers are in their marriage and, mothers’ reports of fathers’ involvement depend on how efficient fathers are in their parenting role. In summary, the current study strongly supported family systems theory and demonstrated how the current immigrant parents, and the future families of America, adapt to succeed and re-structure lives in their ‘new home’.
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Huang, Li-Ting. "Investigating the Mutual Effects of Depression and Spiritual Well-being on Quality of Life in Hospice Patients with Cancer and Family Caregivers Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6097.
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The World Health Organization and the leading hospice organizations have emphasized the inclusion of family caregivers of hospice patients with cancer into end-of-life care, as these two dyad members may spiritually and emotionally influence each other. Given that depression and spiritual needs, which are prominent in these pairs, may impair quality of life (QOL) of hospice dyads, examining mutuality within dyads is imperative to develop a more accurate model that includes family caregivers. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to elucidate the importance of mutual effects within hospice dyads by examining the contribution of depression and unmet spiritual needs on their personal and their counterparts’ QOL. Structural equation modeling was used to integrate the feature of actor and partner effects in the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. After eliminating outliers, the final sample was comprised of 660 hospice dyads in which the majority of hospice patients were white (97%) and male (56.6%) with a mean age of 73 years. Most of the family caregivers were white (95.9%) and female (73.5%) with a mean age of 65 years. On average, hospice patients reported a depression score of 4.00 (SD = 1.53), and their family caregivers had a significantly lower mean depression score of 3.65 (SD = 1.48). With respect to their spiritual needs, 25.5% of hospice patients indicated going to religious services was an unmet need, and about 13% of family caregivers also reported that going to religious services was an unmet spiritual need, followed by being with friends, laughing, thinking happy thoughts, and being around children. The results of structural equation modeling revealed that depression and spiritual needs in cancer patients and family caregivers exhibited significant actor effects on the individual’s QOL after controlling for the partner effects. Among the spousal pairs, depression in family caregivers exhibited a positive partner effect on hospice patients’ functional well-being (β = .15, p < .05), implying that as depressive symptoms increase, hospice patients’ functional well-being increases. This study supported the need for considering both as one unit and the mutuality inherent in dyads. The findings of the study suggest the importance of consistent assessment in emotional and spiritual well-being for hospice patients as well as family caregivers, as their concerns may be transmitted to each other due to mutuality existing within the dyads.
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Munyon, Matthew D. "The Relationship Between Married Partners' Individual and Relationship Distress: An Actor-Partner Analysis of Low-income, Racially and Ethnically Diverse Couples in Relationship Education." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/5347.
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Couples experiencing relationship distress often require professional help, such as counseling and couple and relationship education (CRE). Research recently discovered that among couples in counseling, a circular relationship exists between individual and relationship distress—stress begets stress. Until this study, a similar examination had not been conducted among couples selecting CRE. This study examined the relationship between individual and relationship distress among married couples that had children, were from predominantly low-income and racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds, and selected CRE. A correlational research design was employed and framed in the social interdependence theory. The actor-partner interdependence model was conducted within a three-level hierarchical model. The results confirmed that a circular relationship exists between individual and relationship distress—distress begets distress. Within the circular model of individual and relational functioning, personal individual distress predicted partner individual distress as well as personal and partner relationship distress, and personal relationship distress predicted personal individual distress and partner relationship distress. The extent to which distress begot distress was stronger among women, those with low income, and those who were unemployed. The results also revealed a continuum of individual and relational functioning. Dyad members interact along a continuum from intrapersonal individual functioning to interpersonal relational functioning. The continua meet at the nexus of negotiation or the heart of interpersonal interaction, where dyad members communicate and make decisions, among other actions. Implications related to the findings of this study as well as inspirations for future research are discussed.ID: 031001400; System requirements: World Wide Web browser and PDF reader.; Mode of access: World Wide Web.; Adviser: Mark E. Young.; Title from PDF title page (viewed June 7, 2013).; Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Central Florida, 2012.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-231).
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Doctorate
Education and Human Performance
Education; Counselor Education
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Rippon, I., Catherine Quinn, A. Martyr, R. Morris, S. M. Nelis, I. R. Jones, C. R. Victor, and L. Clare. "The impact of relationship quality on life satisfaction and well-being in dementia caregiving dyads: findings from the IDEAL study." 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17118.
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YesObjectives: The quality of the relationship between people with dementia and their informal caregiver maybe an important determinant of life satisfaction and well-being for both members of the dyad. Taking a dyadic perspective, the aim of this study was to examine whether self- and partner- rated relationship quality influences life satisfaction and well-being for both people with dementia and their caregivers. Design and methods: Using data from 1283 dyads in the Improving the Experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL) cohort, we examined the impact of current relationship quality on life satisfaction and well-being in dementia caregiving dyads. Data were analysed using the Actor–Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) framework. Results: Self-rated relationship quality was associated with own life satisfaction and well-being for both people with dementia and caregivers. Partner-rated relationship quality did not influence own life satisfaction or well-being for either member of the dyad. Conclusion: This study is the first to use the APIM framework to explore the dyadic associations between relationship quality and life satisfaction and well-being in a large cohort of dementia caregiving dyads. The obtained findings suggest that the individual perception of the quality of the caregiving relationship held by each member of the caregiving dyad is an important factor for that member’s life satisfaction and well-being, while the partner’s perception of relationship quality is not. The findings highlight the importance of considering the individual perspective of both the person with dementia and the caregiver and enabling each to maintain positive perceptions of relationship quality.
‘Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life: living well with dementia. The IDEAL study’ was funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) and the National Institute for Health Research (UK) through grant ES/L001853/2 ‘Improving the experience of dementia and enhancing active life: living well with dementia’
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Chiao, Victor K. Y., and 蕭綱玉. "The Constructive Transformation Process of Conflicts in Intimate Relationship: An Analysis of The Actor- Partner Interdependence Model." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/nes6w2.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
心理學研究所
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Most prior researches of intimate relationship ignored the effect that caused by the partner and the interaction effect between the relationship. In recent years, researchers have started to use dyadic analysis to study intimate relationship, but there are still few Chinese literatures that collect dyadic data for studying intimate relationship. This thesis collects dyadic data of unmarried lovers to explore the constructive transformation process of the conflict in intimate relationship. This research supposes that the functional-orientated appraisal on conflict will positively affect the person’s relationship satisfaction and will be mediated by conflict resolution strategies when the individual solves conflict in compatible or sharing resolution strategy. Moreover, these effects will not only affect the individuals themselves, but also affect their partners’ relationship satisfaction and personal peacefulness. Therefore, the study used Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) and Structure Equation Model (SEM) to analyze the dyadic data. Data was collected from 189 pairs unmarried lovers. The results are split into two levels, the individual analysis and the dyadic analysis. The level of individual analysis indicated that functional appraisal will increase personal relationship satisfaction. Competitive appraisal and escape strategy will decrease personal relationship satisfaction. Male’s self-sacrificing strategy will increase his relationship satisfaction, but females’ won’t. Male’s utilitarian strategy will decrease his relationship satisfaction, but females’ won’t. The level of dyadic analysis indicated that male’s compatible strategy will increase female’s relationship satisfaction; no matter gender, individual’s self-sacrificing strategy will decrease partern’s peacefulness; male’s utilitarian strategy will increase female’s relationship satisfaction and peacefulness. Based on these findings, limitations and suggestions to future direction are discussed.
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Lam, Iris, and 林幗怡. "The Effects of Infertility Stigma on Emotions in Infertile Couples: An Analysis of the Actor- Partner Interdependence Model." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4467h9.
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碩士國立政治大學
心理學系
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Infertility brings along extended negative impacts to couples in aspects such as psychological, biological and social, therefore their emotional adjustment should not be overlooked during medical treatment. Infertility is regarded as unfilial in Chinese culture, and it violates the conventional norm about reproduction, thus infertility is stigmatized. Most studies have shown that women suffer a greater negative impact than men, such as higher level of distresses, depression, anxiety, and self-blame. Such difference might be contributed by traditional gender role assumption on fertility, making women more vulnerable to infertility stigma. Infertility is a shared stressor, both members of the infertile couple experience it independently, confront it jointly as interdependent dyadic unit. However, most literatures focused on studying infertile female at personal level, whilst studies focusing on infertile male and examining the impact of infertility stigma using the couple as unit of analysis are lacking. A dyadic approach was adopted in this research and the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) was used to examine whether and how women and men infertility stigma were associated with their own and their partner’s emotions. A total of 340 Taiwan infertile outpatients (170 couples) had completed self-report questionnaires to assess their infertility stigma, positive and negative emotions. Results indicated that (1) women had higher levels of infertility stigma, negative emotions and lower positive emotions; (2) both men and women’s infertility stigma excreted a significant actor effect on their own positive and negative emotions; (3) women’s infertility stigma exerted a significant and a marginal significant partner effect on their husbands’ positive and negative emotions respectively; (4) however, men’s infertility stigma had no significant partner effect on their wives’ emotions. These findings highlight the importance of infertility sigma in emotional adjustment, as it exerted adversely impact on personal and dyadic levels. On the other hand, the gender differences in partner effect might involve other unexplored factors such as appraisal or coping strategies.
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Teng, Shih-Yi, and 鄧詩宜. "The Impact of Workload on Work-Family Conflict and Family Satisfaction: Spouse Comparison using the Actor -Partner Interdependence Model." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/629na8.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
商學研究所
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between workload, WFC and family satisfaction. In addition, the study also examined whether in a marital relationship the effect of an individual’s WFC on his/ her own family satisfaction and the spouse’s family satisfaction will have a significant difference. The study used workload as the independent variable and WFC as the mediator in order to (a) explore their main effects on family satisfaction and (b) investigate the mutual crossover effects and their differences between husbands and wives in the framework of this study. By using structured questionnaires and the convenience sampling method, the study collected valid responses from 490 full-time workers in Taiwan, which equals to 245 couples. The structural equation modeling showed that individual''s workload has a significant negative impact on family satisfaction through WFC. However, husbands and wives do not have a significant difference on the effects of WFC on family satisfaction. In addition, this study also found that mutual crossover effects do exist. It means that an individual’s WFC negatively influences his/her spouse’s family satisfaction. Nevertheless, different from our expectations, no significant gender differences exist in these crossover effects, which represents that the impact of wives’ WFC on husbands’ family satisfaction would not be higher than that of husbands’ WFC on wives’ family satisfaction. Finally, the study originally expected that influences of the spillover effects to be higher than that of the crossover effects. However, the result revealed that no significant difference exists between them.
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"Emerging Adults and Their Helicopter Parents: Communication Quality as Mediator between Affect and Stress." Doctoral diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.44210.
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abstract: With the establishment of the emerging adult developmental period and the rise of helicopter parents, attachment theory provides foundation for conceptualizing the continued involvement of helicopter parents in their emerging adults’ emotion regulation processes. This study utilized dyadic data from 66 emerging adult children and their helicopter parents to examine the association of helicopter parent-emerging adult communication in mitigating the associations between experiences of affect and stress. Specifically, the purpose of the present study was to use dyadic data to examine how communication within the helicopter parent-emerging adult relationship associates with emerging adults’ ability to regulate experiences of negative and positive affect. Both associations within the emerging adult and helicopter parent individually (actor effects) and how helicopter parents impact construct associations for emerging adults’ (partner effects) were considered.
Two multilevel mediation models using Actor-Partner Interdependence Models were conducted to assess the relations between affect, stress, and helicopter parent-emerging adult communication quality for negative and positive affect separately. The positive direct effect between negative affect and stress was statistically significant for emerging adults, but not for helicopter parents, suggesting that, for emerging adults, higher perceptions of negative affect were associated with higher levels of stress. The direct and indirect effects for the mediation model examining actor and partner effects between negative affect, communication quality, and stress were non-significant for both emerging adults and helicopter parents. The direct effect between positive affect and stress was statistically significant for helicopter parents but not for emerging adults; however, the directionality of the significant association was positive and not as hypothesized. Finally, the direct and indirect effects for the mediation model examining actor and partner effects between positive affect, communication quality, and stress were non-significant for emerging adults and helicopter parents. Considerations for future studies examining aspects of attachment within emotion regulation for the helicopter parent-emerging adult relationship and the importance of considering relationship characteristics, such the relational characteristics of social support and conflict, are discussed.Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Counseling Psychology 2017
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"Response Thresholds Predict Domestic Labor Conflict and Labor Allocation in Marital Dyads." Doctoral diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15186.
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abstract: Guided by Alberts, Tracy and Trethewey's (2011) integrated theory of the division of domestic labor, this dissertation examined the influence of domestic labor response threshold (i.e., the point at which one is sufficiently disturbed by a task undone so as to feel compelled to attend to it) on domestic labor performance and domestic labor conflict. Three-hundred-ten heterosexual participants (155 marital dyads; average marriage length of 20 years) completed an online questionnaire about their performance of household labor, household labor conflict, and response thresholds. Response thresholds were assessed using traditional verbal measures as well as two visual (i.e., photographic) measures developed for this investigation. The data were analyzed using three methods of dyadic data analysis: structural equation modeling, repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), and actor-partner interdependence models using multilevel modeling. Results indicate that the lower one's response threshold, and the higher one's partner's response threshold, the greater one's contributions to household tasks. Additionally, the lower one's response threshold, and the higher one's partner's response thresholds, the more likely the demand-withdrawal pattern is to emerge in domestic labor conflicts. Finally, mutual avoidance is more likely when one partner perceives that it is less costly to complete domestic work than to engage in conflict about it, or when one partner perceives that domestic labor is not a worthwhile or appropriate conflict topic. Contributions of this investigation include support for the integrated theory of the division of domestic labor, increased understanding of how individual differences (working in concert with actor sex) contribute to domestic labor allocation and conflict, a more sensitive measure of response threshold, and preliminary evidence of the "logics" of avoidance of domestic labor conflict.Dissertation/Thesis
Ph.D. Communication 2012