Personal Resource Differences Between Partners, Conflict-Resolution Communication Behaviors, and Dyadic Satisfaction

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dc.contributor.advisorEpstein, Norman Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorFrey, Rebecca Ismarten_US
dc.contributor.departmentFamily Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-12T05:47:05Z
dc.date.available2006-09-12T05:47:05Z
dc.date.issued2006-07-24en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the relationship between partners' relative resources, their communication behaviors, and dyadic satisfaction. The impact of gender on partner resource discrepancy and communication was examined as was communication as a mediator between partners' relative resources and dyadic satisfaction. Secondary analyses were conducted on data collected from 88 couples who sought therapy at a university-based clinic. No significant differences across relative income groups were identified for communication behaviors. Females with relatively equal educational attainment as their partners used more constructive communication than females whose partner had greater educational attainment. No other differences were identified across relative educational attainment groups. Correlations between communication behaviors and dyadic satisfaction were found. Communication behavior did not mediate partners' relative resources and relationship satisfaction. The study underscores the importance of communication behaviors in couple relationships and contributes to knowledge on impacts of resource disparities between partners on relationship functioning.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/3799
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHealth Sciences, Mental Healthen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Cognitiveen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Generalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledResource Differencesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcommunication behaviorsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddyadic satisfactionen_US
dc.titlePersonal Resource Differences Between Partners, Conflict-Resolution Communication Behaviors, and Dyadic Satisfactionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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