Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
6-2017
Abstract
The authors used a vulnerability–stress–adaptation framework to examine how and why impulsivity affects communication and marital satisfaction in a sample of 100 newlywed couples. We specifically examined the links between impulsivity and perceptions of conflict communication patterns and their associations with marital satisfaction. Using an actor–partner interdependence framework, the results demonstrated that impulsivity was negatively associated with one's own and partner's marital satisfaction. Impulsivity was also negatively associated with constructive communication and positively associated with destructive communication. Furthermore, mediation analyses showed that communication patterns mediated the impulsivity–satisfaction link. Taken together, these findings suggest that impulsivity is likely to lead to lower marital satisfaction, partly through its effect on communication between partners.
Keywords
Human, human experiment, impulsiveness, marriage, perception
Discipline
Counseling Psychology | Personality and Social Contexts | Social Psychology and Interaction
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Personal Relationships
Volume
24
Issue
2
First Page
423
Last Page
439
ISSN
1350-4126
Identifier
10.1111/pere.12190
Publisher
Wiley: 12 months
Citation
TAN, Kenneth, JARNECKE, Amber M., & SOUTH, Susan C..(2017). Impulsivity, communication, and marital satisfaction in newlywed couples. Personal Relationships, 24(2), 423-439.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2315
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12190
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