Interaction and relationship development in stable young couples: Effects of positive engagement, psychological aggression, and withdrawal

Heidemarie K. Laurent; Hyoun K. Kim; Deborah M. Capaldi

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.11.001

Interaction and relationship development in stable young couples: Effects of positive engagement, psychological aggression, and withdrawal

Heidemarie K. Laurent, Hyoun K. Kim, Deborah M. Capaldi

Department of Child and family Studies

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This study tested associations among observed interaction patterns and relationship satisfaction in a subsample of young at-risk couples (n=47) from the Oregon Youth Study who remained stable over 7 years; each partner's positive engagement, psychological aggression, and withdrawal within a particular conflict structure (his vs. her topic) was used to predict satisfaction over time using multilevel growth curve modeling. Women's positive engagement during both topics predicted higher satisfaction for both partners at within-couple and between-couple levels. Women's psychological aggression showed topic-specific associations with lower satisfaction for each partner, and increases in both men's and women's psychological aggression during their partner's topic related to lower satisfaction over time for women. Both partners' withdrawal during men's topics predicted less decline in satisfaction for men.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	815-835
Number of pages	21
Journal	Journal of Adolescence
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.11.001
Publication status	Published - 2008 Dec

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The Cognitive, Social, and Affective Development Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Public Health Service (PHS) provided support for the Couples Study (Grant HD 46364). Additional support was provided by Grant MH 37940 from the Psychosocial Stress and Related Disorders Branch, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), US PHS and Grant DA 051485 from the Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Branch, NIDA, and Cognitive, Social, and Affective Development, NICHD, NIH, US PHS.

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Social Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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