Structural Model of Money Management, Conflict Resolution Strategies and Marital Adjustment

Lídia Käfer Schünke (), Denise Falcke and Clarisse Pereira Mosmann
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Lídia Käfer Schünke: Universidade Do Vale Do Rio Dos Sinos (UNISINOS) and Member of the Center for Studies in Couples and Families (NECAF)
Denise Falcke: Universidade Do Vale Do Rio Dos Sinos (UNISINOS) and Coordinator of the Center for Studies in Family and Violence (NEFAV)
Clarisse Pereira Mosmann: Universidade Do Vale Do Rio Dos Sinos (UNISINOS) and Coordinator of the Center for Studies in Couples and Families (NECAF)

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2023, vol. 44, issue 3, No 1, 523-535

Abstract: Abstract Conjugality is affected by different issues, including the use of money. This study investigated the relationship among money management, conflict resolution strategies and marital adjustment based on a structural model. The method was quantitative, cross-sectional and explanatory, including 280 Brazilian men and women in stable cohabiting relationships who answered: Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Marital Money Management Scale, Conflict Resolution Behavior Questionnaire and Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale. There was a direct link between money management and marital adjustment, and indirect partially mediated by conflict resolution strategies. The final structural model resulted in satisfactory adjustment index: Relative Chi-Square (x2/df) = 2.19, Comparative Fit Index = 0.944, Tucker Lewis Index = 0.922, Normed Fit Index = 0.904, and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.065, with a 90% confidence interval (0.045–0.086). The results increase the known interaction between money management and marital relations. Cohesion and financial intimacy, mediated mainly by the absence of attacking strategies, were found to reverberate in higher levels of satisfaction within the relationship.

Keywords: Money management; Marital relations; Structural equations modeling; Marital adjustment; Conflict resolution strategies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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