Feelings of Annoyance and Spoken Anger Words in Couples’ Everyday Lives: The Role of Family-of-Origin Aggression

2020 ◽  
pp. 194855062095880
Author(s):  
Sohyun C. Han ◽  
Hannah L. Schacter ◽  
Adela C. Timmons ◽  
Yehsong Kim ◽  
Stassja Sichko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Romantic Couples ◽  
Child Aggression ◽  
Relationship Distress ◽  
Self Reports

Little is known about the words that romantic couples use during emotionally heightened moments such as when feeling annoyed with their partner. In the present study, young adult couples received mobile phones that audio-recorded 50% of their day and prompted hourly self-reports of partner-related annoyance. Actor–partner models tested within-person (hourly) and between-person (across the day) associations between feelings of annoyance and spoken anger words; furthermore, exposure to retrospectively assessed parent-to-child aggression (PCA) was examined as a moderator of these links. Men reporting more annoyance across the day as well as greater PCA used more overall anger words. For women, hourly anger words fluctuated in relation to men’s annoyance; moreover, greater PCA strengthened the link between women’s own hourly reported annoyance and anger words. Our findings highlight nuances in couples’ communication of everyday relationship distress and point to the role of PCA in next-generation romantic relationships.

Is Touch in Romantic Relationships Universally Beneficial for Psychological Well-Being? The Role of Attachment Avoidance

2020 ◽  
pp. 014616722097770
Author(s):  
Anik Debrot ◽  
Jennifer E. Stellar ◽  
Geoff MacDonald ◽  
Dacher Keltner ◽  
Emily A. Impett
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Attachment Avoidance ◽  
Romantic Couples ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
The Relationship

Affectionate touch is crucial for well-being. However, attachment avoidance is associated with negative attitudes toward touch. We tested two preregistered hypotheses about how attachment avoidance influences the association between touch in romantic couples and psychological well-being. We examined whether greater attachment avoidance is associated with a reduced link between touch and well-being, and/or whether reduced touch mediates the relationship between attachment avoidance and lower well-being. Across three studies, including two dyadic ones, we measured retrospective self-reports (Studies 1 and 2), laboratory observations (Study 2), and daily experiences (Study 3) of touch. Touch and well-being were positively associated, and attachment avoidance was associated with lower well-being and less frequent touch. Touch was associated with greater well-being regardless of level of attachment avoidance, and less frequent touch mediated the negative association between attachment avoidance and well-being in most analyses. This underscores the importance of touch, even for those valuing distance and autonomy.

The Role of Mobile Phones in Romantic Relationships

2015 ◽  
pp. 322-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Duran ◽  
Aimee E. Miller-Ott ◽  
Lynne Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Intellectual History ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Measurement Scales ◽  
Cell Phone Use ◽  
Ubiquitous Presence

Mobile phones have become a ubiquitous presence in romantic relationships. They are playing an increasingly prevalent role in the initiation, maintenance, and dissolution of romantic relationships. They create issues related to autonomy and connection between romantic partners and have changed what it means to give a partner one's full attention. Additionally, scholars have developed several measurement scales to operationalize key concepts with regard to cell phones use in romantic relationships. This chapter presents the intellectual history and current knowledge pertaining to cell phone use in romantic relationships, discusses the various scales, and proposes directions for future research in this area.

Childhood emotional maltreatment and psychological aggression in young adult dating relationships: The moderating role of emotion communication

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 289-304
Author(s):  
Laura A. Loucks ◽  
Michelle van Dellen ◽  
Anne Shaffer
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Psychological Aggression ◽  
Dating Relationships ◽  
Romantic Couples ◽  
Emotion Identification ◽  
Emotional Maltreatment ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽  
Dating Couples ◽  
Moderating Role

This study examines childhood emotional maltreatment as a developmental predictor of psychological aggression perpetration in young adult dating couples, using a dyadic framework to account for individual and partner effects. We further investigate observations of skillful emotion communication (i.e., discussion of emotional experiences, including emotion identification and disclosure) as potential moderator. In a sample of 60 young adult romantic couples, actor–partner interdependence model analyses found significant actor effects of emotional maltreatment on psychological aggression perpetration, but no partner effects. Consistent with hypotheses, observations of higher skillful emotion communication attenuated associations between childhood emotional maltreatment and young adult psychological aggression, but only for female participants. Findings are discussed in the context of implications for prevention and intervention for couples at risk of psychological aggression.

scholarly journals The distinctive role of romantic relationships in moderating the effects of early caregiving on adult anxious–depressed symptoms over 9 years

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 843-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica E. Salvatore ◽  
Katherine C. Haydon ◽  
Jeffry A. Simpson ◽  
W. Andrew Collins
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Romantic Relationship Quality ◽  
Depressed Symptoms ◽  
Distinctive Role

AbstractThis study tests a model of young adult romantic quality as a moderator of the effects of early caregiving on anxious–depressed symptoms over a 9-year period in adulthood. Participants (n= 93) were a subsample from a longitudinal study of risk and adaptation. Quality of early caregiving was measured using observational data collected at five points in the first 4 years of life. Young adult romantic relationship quality was assessed from interviews with participants at age 23. Self-report anxious–depressed symptoms were measured at ages 23, 26, and 32. The results indicated that romantic quality moderated early caregiving to predict symptom levels across this period, with evidence for inoculation, amplification, and compensation effects. A discriminant analysis examining young adult work competence as a moderator provided further evidence for the distinctiveness of romantic relationships in changing the association between early caregiving and adult internalizing symptoms.

scholarly journals Extending the Study of Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia, and Katagelasticism in Romantic Life Toward Romantic Attachment

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Brauer ◽  
René T. Proyer ◽  
Willibald Ruch
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Romantic Attachment ◽  
Attachment Anxiety ◽  
Romantic Couples ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽  
Using Data

Abstract. Gelotophobia (fear of being laughed at), gelotophilia (joy in being laughed at), and katagelasticism (joy in laughing at others) describe individual differences in how people deal with ridicule and being laughed at. We study their association with romantic attachment styles and romantic outcomes in adults. Study 1 ( N = 247) shows that gelotophobia goes along with higher expressions in attachment anxiety and avoidance. This study also provides support for the notion that gelotophobes demonstrate a lower likelihood of entering romantic relationships (odds ratio = 0.62/0.64 for past/current relationship status). Gelotophilia goes along with lower avoidance and katagelasticism exists independently from romantic attachment. Study 2 replicates the findings in 154 heterosexual romantic couples using Actor–Partner Interdependence Model analyses. However, katagelasticism was related to greater attachment anxiety in this sample of couples. A mini-meta analysis using data from both studies ( N = 555) clarified this association and showed that the joy in laughing at others yields a small positive association with attachment anxiety. Further, attachment styles mediate associations between the dispositions and relationship satisfaction in the couples. Overall, the dispositions are distinctively related with romantic attachment styles and our findings contribute to the understanding of the role of dealing with ridicule and laughter in romantic life.

Acculturative stress among Latina young adult immigrants: The mediating role of receiving community context.

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-110
Author(s):  
Michael G. Verile ◽  
Melissa M. Ertl ◽  
Frank R. Dillon ◽  
Mario De La Rosa
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Adult Immigrants
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