Couples Coping with Stress

Falconier, Mariana K.; Randall, Ashley K.; Bodenmann, Guy

doi:10.4324/9781315644394

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“…A plethora of research suggests that culture can influence human behavior in general (Markus and Kitayama, 1991 ; Triandis, 2001 ); but less is known about how culture affects behavior in intimate relationships. According to the STM (Bodenmann, 1995 , 2005 ), one's cultural contextual environment—family structure, gender roles, and communication—may influence how couples cope with stress in their relationship (Falconier et al, 2016 ). However, a recent meta-analysis shows that the association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction does not vary significantly by nationality or gender (for a meta-analysis see Falconier et al, 2015 ).…”

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“…Generally speaking, culture influences people's behavior (Markus and Kitayama, 1991 ). According to several conceptual models of how couples cope with stress (Revenson, 1990 , 2003 ; Bodenmann, 1995 ; Berg and Upchurch, 2007 ; Falconier et al, 2016 ), culture is seen as a contextual factor that influences how couples help each other to cope (Falconier et al, 2016 ), but little is known about how culture affects couples' coping behaviors. We summarize four cultural constructs that may affect partner's coping behavior: individualism/collectivism, family situation (nuclear/extended), gender roles, and communication (Falconier et al, 2016 ).…”

Section: How Culture Influences the Coping Processes In Couplesmentioning

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“…While there are couple interventions that can help couples in troubled relationships (Halford et al, 2010 ; Bodenmann et al, 2014 ), their effectiveness across cultures has yet to be determined. Theoretically, while couple's prevention and intervention programs could be beneficial for all couples, it is crucial to examine whether a skill, such as dyadic coping which has shown to have cross-cultural benefits (Falconier et al, 2016 ), can be taught to all couples. Finally, the current study focuses mainly on between-person differences—those people are more satisfied with their marriage who perceive more support from their partner.…”

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The Associations of Dyadic Coping and Relationship Satisfaction Vary between and within Nations: A 35-Nation Study

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Objective: Theories about how couples help each other to cope with stress, such as the systemic transactional model of dyadic coping, suggest that the cultural context in which couples live influences how their coping behavior affects their relationship satisfaction. In contrast to the theoretical assumptions, a recent meta-analysis provides evidence that neither culture, nor gender, influences the association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction, at least based on their samples of couples living in North America and West Europe. Thus, it is an open questions whether the theoretical assumptions of cultural influences are false or whether cultural influences on couple behavior just occur in cultures outside of the Western world.Method: In order to examine the cultural influence, using a sample of married individuals (N = 7973) from 35 nations, we used multilevel modeling to test whether the positive association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction varies across nations and whether gender might moderate the association.Results: Results reveal that the association between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction varies between nations. In addition, results show that in some nations the association is higher for men and in other nations it is higher for women.Conclusions: Cultural and gender differences across the globe influence how couples' coping behavior affects relationship outcomes. This crucial finding indicates that couple relationship education programs and interventions need to be culturally adapted, as skill trainings such as dyadic coping lead to differential effects on relationship satisfaction based on the culture in which couples live.

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“…Overall, the lack of representation with respect to this sample may affect how generalizable the results are to all romantic couples facing external stress. For instance, couples who are not native to the United States may encounter immigration stress (Falconier et al, 2013; Falconier et al, 2016) and same-sex couples may experience stress due to discrimination from a heteronormative environment (Randall et al, 2016; Totenhagen et al, 2017). In addition, culture may play a role in how partners communicate and cope with stress (e.g., McCubbin and McCubbin, 1988).…”

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“…Cross-sectional research on dyadic coping has found a robust association between perceptions of partners’ dyadic coping and perceived well-being, across cultures (Falconier et al, 2016). Despite these well-documented associations, it is still unclear how partners’ stress communication and coping processes unfold during real-time.…”

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Examining the Effects of Couples’ Real-Time Stress and Coping Processes on Interaction Quality: Language Use as a Mediator

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Stress in romantic relationships is an all-too-common phenomenon that has detrimental effects on relationship well-being. Specifically, stress can lead to negative interactions between partners and ultimately decrease relationship functioning. The systemic-transactional model of dyadic coping posits that by effectively communicating stress and coping with one’s romantic partner, couples can mitigate the deleterious effects of stress. Specifically, partners can engage in positive dyadic coping, which may foster couples’ sense of “we-ness,” strengthen their emotional connection, and facilitate their understanding of each other’s stressful experiences. However, these associations have not yet been examined during partners’ real-time stress conversations. When assessing dyadic coping, a particular aspect of interest is partners’ language use (i.e., pronouns, emotion words, and cognition words), as it may reflect the types of support they communicate to one another. Using real-time interaction data from 41 heterosexual couples, this study examined how couples’ stress and coping processes affect perceived interaction quality following discussions of stress. Specifically, language use (i.e., pronouns, emotion words, and cognition words) was assessed as a mediator on the association between observed stress communication and perceived interaction quality. Overall, results supported our hypotheses; when one partner communicated stress, the other partner responded with language use indicative of different types of dyadic coping (i.e., more you-talk and use of emotion words, less we-talk, I-talk, and use of cognition words), which were in turn associated with interaction quality in mixed directions. Implications of these findings for romantic couples are discussed.

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General and Health‐Related Stress and Couples' Coping

Bodenmann¹,

Randall²

2020

The Handbook of Systemic Family Therapy

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Couples Coping with Stress

Cited by 64 publications

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The Associations of Dyadic Coping and Relationship Satisfaction Vary between and within Nations: A 35-Nation Study

The Associations of Dyadic Coping and Relationship Satisfaction Vary between and within Nations: A 35-Nation Study

Examining the Effects of Couples’ Real-Time Stress and Coping Processes on Interaction Quality: Language Use as a Mediator

General and Health‐Related Stress and Couples' Coping

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