Commitment and Relationship Maintenance Behaviors as Marital Protective Factors during Economic Pressure

Jeffrey Dew () and Mark Jackson ()
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Jeffrey Dew: Brigham Young University
Mark Jackson: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2018, vol. 39, issue 2, No 2, 204 pages

Abstract: Abstract Using a contemporary national sample of married couples (N = 1368 couples) and a dyadic path analysis, the authors examined whether commitment and relationship maintenance behaviors facilitate marital quality resilience for wives and husbands reporting recession-related financial stressors and economic pressure. Relationship maintenance behaviors moderated the association between economic pressure and marital quality for wives. Wives reported higher levels of marital satisfaction and lower levels of divorce proneness during economic pressure when husbands reported higher levels of relationship maintenance behaviors. Unexpectedly, wives reported higher levels of divorce proneness during economic pressure when husbands reported higher levels of marital commitment.

Keywords: Commitment; Economic well-being; Marital quality; Relationship maintenance behaviors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-017-9550-7

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