Relationship confidence in newlywed military marriages: relationship confidence partially mediates the link between attachment and communication
Year: 2012
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study investigated the relationships between attachment style, relationship confidence, and constructive communication among a sample of 71 newlywed military couples.Using Karney & Crown's (2007) military adapted Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation model as a guide, the current study predicted that romantic attachment style (an enduring vulnerability) would be associated with couples' communication (an adaptive process) directly, and indirectly through marital confidence (a marital resource).Actor and partner effects were examined using the Actor Partner Interdependence Model (APIM; Kenny, Kashy, & Cook, 2006).Results indicate that after controlling for financial worry and husband's rank, wives' avoidant attachment Table of Contents List of Figures ........
Author: Hardy, Nathan R.
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2264065895