Money Matters in Marriage: Financial Concerns, Warmth, and Hostility Among Military Couples

Donald Bruce Ross (), Catherine Walker O’Neal, Amy Laura Arnold and Jay A. Mancini
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Donald Bruce Ross: University of Georgia
Catherine Walker O’Neal: University of Georgia
Amy Laura Arnold: University of Georgia
Jay A. Mancini: University of Georgia

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2017, vol. 38, issue 4, No 8, 572-581

Abstract: Abstract The effects of military couples’ (N = 219) financial management concerns on marital quality were investigated using an actor-partner interdependence model based on the family stress model. The influence of the mediating role of warm and hostile marital interactions was also investigated after accounting for multiple indicators of the military context, which are usually significant in the lives of military families. Individuals with higher levels of concern about financial management expressed less warmth and more hostility towards their partner. In turn, individuals exhibiting higher levels of warmth had spouses who reported greater marital quality.

Keywords: Economic distress; Family economics; Interdependence; Relationship interaction; Relationship quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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