Economic Hardship, Financial Distress, and Marital Quality: The Role of Relational Aggression
Brandan E. Wheeler (),
Jennifer L. Kerpelman and
Jeremy B. Yorgason
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Brandan E. Wheeler: Mississippi State University
Jennifer L. Kerpelman: Auburn University
Jeremy B. Yorgason: Brigham Young University
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2019, vol. 40, issue 4, No 7, 658-672
Abstract:
Abstract The model of economic hardship (Conger et al. 1990) guided the current longitudinal study examining whether perceptions of relational aggression (love withdrawal/social sabotage) mediated the relationship between financial distress and marital quality concurrently (2009) and over 2 subsequent years (2010 & 2011). A modified dyadic longitudinal mediation model explored associations among 335 two-parent, heterosexual, married households following the recent economic recession. Data from three waves (2009, 2010, & 2011) of the Flourishing Families Project revealed that perceptions of social sabotage and love withdrawal partially mediated the relationships between both spouses’ financial distress and both spouses’ marital quality in 2009, but not in 2010 or 2011. Other findings, including indirect effects, and implications for research and practice are discussed.
Keywords: Economic hardship; Financial distress; Relational aggression; Marriage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-019-09632-4
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