Relationship Satisfaction and Stability Among Latinos With Respect to Communication Styles and Conflict Resolution

Relationship Satisfaction and Stability Among Latinos With Respect to Communication Styles and Conflict Resolution
Author: Adam C. Munk
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Release: 2004
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This secondary analysis employed data from portions of the Spanish and English versions of the relationship Evaluation inventory, a self-report questionnaire (RELATE) The present research analyzed conflict resolution types, communication styles, and relationship satisfaction and stability among Latino men and women compared to Caucasian men and women. Multiple linear regression analysis was used for analyzing the data. Communication styles and conflict resolution types were more different than similar among Latino males and females in predicting relationship satisfaction and relationship stability; however, they were more similar than different among Caucasian males and females. The communication style of love was the only statistically significant predictor of relationship satisfaction that was common across gender and ethnicity in this study. Implications for the practice of marriage and family therapy and for research are discussed.

Hispanic Cultural Values and Attachment Style as Predictors of Conflict Attitudes, Conflict Behaviors, and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships

Hispanic Cultural Values and Attachment Style as Predictors of Conflict Attitudes, Conflict Behaviors, and Satisfaction in Romantic Relationships
Author: Geena Guerrido
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Total Pages: 152
Release: 2017
Genre: Attachment behavior
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The Hispanic population in the United States is an ever-growing group that has now become the largest minority group in the country. As this group continues to grow, it is important that psychological researchers include these groups in their studies. Hispanic individuals have significant differences in cultural values in comparison to their non- Hispanic counterparts such as familismo, simpatia, and personalismo, in addition to the broader cultural value of collectivism. These values have been shown to have important effects on interpersonal relationships, including the manner in which conflict is handled in dyadic relationships. Conflict resolution styles are also influenced by attachment style, although there is less consensus on the effects of attachment within Hispanic populations. Secure attachment is associated with solution-focused and mutually satisfying approaches to conflict. The study aimed to use path analysis in order understand how Hispanic cultural values and attachment style relate to conflict attitudes, conflict resolution styles, and relationship satisfaction among Hispanic and non-Hispanic individuals. Participants in the study completed a set of questionnaires online. Although the two models proposed in the study had poor fit indices, post-hoc analyses revealed significant correlations amongst the variables and differences between groups. There was evidence of moderation by ethnicity with regards to the associations between relationship satisfaction and integrating conflict style, relationship satisfaction and avoiding conflict style, and relationship satisfaction and familismo. Implications of these results for both understanding the Hispanic population and future research concluded this study.

Marital Therapy

Marital Therapy
Author: Neil S. Jacobson
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1979
Genre: Behavior therapy
ISBN: 9780876301999

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Relationship Maintenance

Relationship Maintenance
Author: Brian G. Ogolsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2019-12-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1108419852

Provides an interdisciplinary perspective on behaviors and strategies used to maintain intimate relationships.

Stability and Change in Relationships

Stability and Change in Relationships
Author: Anita L. Vangelisti
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2002-04-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781139432054

Understanding interpersonal relationships requires understanding actors, behaviors, and contexts. This 2002 volume presents research from a variety of disciplines that examine personal relationships on all three levels. The first section focuses on the factors that influence individuals to enter, maintain, and dissolve relationships. The second section emphasizes ongoing processes that characterize relationships and focuses on issues such as arguing and sacrificing. The third and final section demonstrates that the process of stability and change are embedded in social, cultural, and historical contexts. Chapters address cultural universals as well as cross-cultural differences in relationship behaviors and outcomes. The emergence of relational forms, such as the interaction between people and computers, is also explored. Stability and Change in Relationships will be of interest to a broad range of fields, including psychology, sociology, communications, gerontology, and counselling.

Dyadic Coping: A Collection of Recent Studies

Dyadic Coping: A Collection of Recent Studies
Author: Guy Bodenmann
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2019-09-25
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ISBN: 2889630315

Dyadic coping is a concept that has reached increased attention in psychological science within the last 20 years. Dyadic coping conceptualizes the way couples cope with stress together in sharing appraisals of demands, planning together how to deal with the stressors and engage in supportive or joint dyadic coping. Among the different theories of dyadic coping, the Systemic Transactional Model (STM; Bodenmann, 1995, 1997, 2005) has been applied to many studies on couples’ coping with stress. While a recent meta-analysis shows that dyadiccoping is a robust and consistent predictor of relationship satisfaction and couple’s functioning in community samples, some studies also reveal the significance of dyadic coping in dealing with psychological disorders (e.g., depression, anxiety) or severe illness (e.g., cancer, diabetes, COPD, etc.). Researchers all over the world build their research on this or other concepts of dyadic coping and many typically use the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI) for assessing dyadic coping. So far, research on dyadic coping has been systematically presented in two books, one written by Revenson, Kayser, & Bodenmann in 2005, focussing on emerging perspectives on couples’ coping, the other by Falconier, Randall, & Bodenmann more recently in 2016, addressing intercultural aspects of dyadic coping in African, American, Asian and European couples. This eBook gives an insight into recent dyadic coping research in different areas and countries.

The Handbook of Conflict Resolution

The Handbook of Conflict Resolution
Author: Morton Deutsch
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 959
Release: 2006-09-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0787986666

The Handbook of Conflict Resolution, Second Edition is written for both the seasoned professional and the student who wants to deepen their understanding of the processes involved in conflicts and their knowledge of how to manage them constructively. It provides the theoretical underpinnings that throw light on the fundamental social psychological processes involved in understanding and managing conflicts at all levels—interpersonal, intergroup, organizational, and international. The Handbook covers a broad range of topics including information on cooperation and competition, justice, trust development and repair, resolving intractable conflict, and working with culture and conflict. Comprehensive in scope, this new edition includes chapters that deal with language, emotion, gender, and personal implicit theories as they relate to conflict.

Alone Together

Alone Together
Author: Paul R. Amato
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2009-06-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0674020189

Based on two studies of marital quality in America twenty years apart, Alone Together shows that while the divorce rate has leveled off, spouses are spending less time together. The authors argue that marriage is an adaptable institution, and in accommodating the changes that have occurred in society, it has become a less cohesive, yet less confining arrangement.

The Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation

The Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation
Author: JoAnn Hsueh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
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The Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation was launched in 2003 to test the effectiveness of a skills-based relationship education program designed to help low-income married couples strengthen their relationships and, in turn, to support more stable and more nurturing home environments and more positive outcomes for parents and their children. The evaluation is led by MDRC, in collaboration with Abt Associates and other partners, and is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services. The SHM program is a voluntary, yearlong, relationship and marriage education program for lowincome, married couples who have children or are expecting a child. The program provides group workshops based on structured curricula; supplemental activities to build on workshop themes; and family support services to address participation barriers, connect families with other services, and reinforce curricular themes. The study's rigorous random assignment design compares outcomes for families who are offered SHM's services with outcomes for a similar group of families who are not offered SHM's services but can access other services. This report presents estimated impacts on the program's targeted outcomes about one year after couples entered the study.