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Building A Better Marriage, Kailee Hansen, David G. Schramm
Building A Better Marriage, Kailee Hansen, David G. Schramm
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This fact sheet provides some principles that are key to strengthening marriages through friendship, empathy, mutual love and respect, daily acts of kindness, and creating family traditions.
Marriage Principles From A National Extension Model, Kailee Hansen, David G. Schramm
Marriage Principles From A National Extension Model, Kailee Hansen, David G. Schramm
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This fact sheet describes seven research-based principles that shape healthy relationships: choose, care for self, know, care, share, manage, and connect, and how to apply them in your life.
Making Media Work For Your Marriage, Elizabeth Davis, Naomi Brower
Making Media Work For Your Marriage, Elizabeth Davis, Naomi Brower
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This fact sheet gives tips for strengthening relationships through technology and for safeguarding those relationships.
Battling On The Home Front: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Conflict Behavior Among Military Couples, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders, Catherine Caska-Walace, Timothy W. Smith, Keith Renshaw
Battling On The Home Front: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Conflict Behavior Among Military Couples, Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders, Catherine Caska-Walace, Timothy W. Smith, Keith Renshaw
Psychology Faculty Research and Publications
This study evaluated interpersonal behavior differences among male military service members with and without PTSD and their female partners. Couples (N = 64) completed a 17-minute videotaped conflict discussion, and their interaction behavior was coded using the circumplex-based Structural Analysis of Social Behavior model (SASB; Benjamin, 1979, 1987, 2000). Within couples, the behavior of partners was very similar. Compared to military couples without PTSD, couples with PTSD displayed more interpersonal hostility and control. Couples with PTSD also exhibited more sulking, blaming, and controlling behavior, and less affirming and connecting behavior, than couples without PTSD. Results advance our understanding of …
Relational Aggression And Marital Quality: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study, Sarah M. Coyne, David A. Nelson, Jason S. Carroll, Nathan J. Smith, Chongming Yang, Hailey G. Holmgren, Chad Johnson
Relational Aggression And Marital Quality: A Five-Year Longitudinal Study, Sarah M. Coyne, David A. Nelson, Jason S. Carroll, Nathan J. Smith, Chongming Yang, Hailey G. Holmgren, Chad Johnson
Faculty Publications
Relational aggression occurs in many different contexts, including in romantic relationships. The current study examined associations between two subtypes of relational aggression (love withdrawal and social sabotage) and marital quality over a 5-year time period. Participants consisted of 311 married couples who completed a number of questionnaires on relational aggression and relationship quality once a year over a 5-year period. Results revealed that relational aggression was highly stable over time and that women used more relational aggression than men. Men’s use of social sabotage and love withdrawal were bidirectionally related to both partners’ perceptions of poor marital quality over time. …