Exploring how exchange orientation affects conflict and intimacy in the daily life of romantic couples

Jarvis, Shoshana N; McClure, M. Joy; Bolger, Niall

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“…Exchange orientation was assessed with a 9-item exchange orientation scale developed by Clark et al (1987). However, as exchange orientation can also be considered a general orientation and to vary with specific relationships, the Likert-type scale was adapted to reference the participant’s spouse following Jarvis et al (2019). An example item is, “When I give something to my partner, I generally expect something in return.” Anchor points were 1 = Strongly Disagree to 7 = Strongly Agree .…”

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“…Having higher levels of exchange orientation (i.e., keeping score) should have negative effects on intimate relationships (Clark & Waddell, 1985). Lending credence to the idea that exchange orientations are problematic for romantic partners, Jarvis et al (2019) explored targeted partner-specific exchange orientation (rather than a general exchange orientation) in association with couples’ degree of conflict. They found that, while exchange orientation was not associated with frequency of conflict, it did appear to increase the negative effect of conflict on intimacy.…”

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Communal strength, exchange orientation, equity, and relational maintenance

Stafford

2020

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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The purpose of this study was to explore communal strength (i.e., partner-specific communal orientation) and partner-specific exchange orientation, as well as equity, as predictors of relational maintenance. A sample of 309 heterosexual couples completed self-reports. Given the dyadic interdependence, the actor–partner independence model was used. Dyadic analyses were undertaken using structural equation modeling conducted in AMOS. Results indicated that underbenefitedness was a predictor of maintenance behaviors, but overbenefitedness was not. Communal strength was also associated with engagement in maintenance behaviors. Importantly, communal strength moderated the association between underbenefitedness and maintenance such that underbenefitedness did not result in decreases in self-reported maintenance behaviors for those with greater communal strength to the same extent as it did for those with lower communal strength. Exchange orientation also moderated the association between underbenefitedness and maintenance behaviors such that a decline in maintenance behaviors was not as pronounced for those with lower exchange orientations as those with higher exchange orientations. Findings suggest the important role relational orientations may play in enacting our relationships.

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Communal strength, exchange orientation, equity, and relational maintenance

Stafford

2020

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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“…Between-family dispositional characteristics have recently attracted empirical attention as candidate features of family life that may explain between-family heterogeneity in within-family dynamics (e.g., Fosco & Lydon-Staley, 2019;Jarvis, McClure, & Bolger, 2019). The dyadic patterns of marital conflict that characterize a family across years (Gottman, 1993;Whitton et al, 2018), may be one reason for between-family differences in within-family associations between marital conflict and mother-adolescent conflict.…”

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Explaining Heterogeneity of Daily Conflict Spillover in the Family: The Role of Dyadic Marital Conflict Patterns

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Graaff³

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In this multi-informant, longitudinal, and daily-diary study, we investigated whether dyadic patterns of marital conflict resolution could explain the heterogeneity in day-to-day cross-lagged associations between marital conflict intensity and mother-adolescent conflict intensity. The sample consisted of 419 adolescents (44.6% girls, Mage = 13.02, SD = 0.44, at T1; Mage = 17.02, SD = 0.44, at T5), their mothers (N = 419, Mage = 44.48, SD = 4.17, at T1), and their fathers (N = 419, Mage = 46.76, SD = 4.99, at T1). Mothers and fathers reported on their constructive and destructive marital conflict resolution strategies annually across five years. Mother-father daily conflict intensity (mother-reported), and mother-adolescent daily conflict intensity (mother- and adolescent-reported) were assessed for 75 days across five years. Latent Class Growth Analysis revealed four types of families based on dyadic marital conflict resolution: Couple Constructive (n = 132), Mother Constructive-Father Submissive (n = 91), Father Constructive-Mother Average (n = 141), and Couple Destructive (n = 53). Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling was used to investigate the daily levels and daily dynamics of conflict. Most families were characterized by a compartmentalization pattern, where the marital dyad is “insulated” from the mother-adolescent dyad. Yet, spillover and compensatory patterns characterized sizeable proportions of the families. Group differences were found on the levels of daily conflict: mother-father and mother-adolescent daily conflict intensity were the lowest in families where both partners employed primarily constructive marital conflict resolution. However, the dynamic daily associations between mother-father and mother-adolescent conflict (spillover, compensatory, or compartmentalization patterns) did not differ between groups.

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“…Between‐family dispositional characteristics have recently attracted empirical attention as candidate features of family life that may explain between‐family heterogeneity in within‐family dynamics (Fosco & Lydon‐Staley, 2019 ; Jarvis, McClure, & Bolger, 2019 ). The dyadic patterns of marital conflict that characterize a family across years (Gottman, 1993 ; Whitton et al., 2018 ), may be one reason for between‐family differences in within‐family associations between marital conflict and mother–adolescent conflict.…”

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Explaining Heterogeneity of Daily Conflict Spillover in the Family: The Role of Dyadic Marital Conflict Patterns

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In this multi‐informant, longitudinal, daily diary study, we investigated whether long‐term dyadic patterns of marital conflict resolution explain the heterogeneity in short‐term day‐to‐day cross‐lagged associations between marital conflict intensity and mother–adolescent conflict intensity. The sample consisted of 419 adolescents (44.6% girls, Mage = 13.02, SD = 0.44, at T1; Mage = 17.02, SD = 0.44, at T5), their mothers (N = 419, Mage = 44.48, SD = 4.17, at T1), and their fathers (N = 419, Mage = 46.76, SD = 4.99, at T1). Mothers and fathers reported on their marital conflict resolution strategies annually across 5 years. Mother–father daily conflict intensity (mother‐reported) and mother–adolescent daily conflict intensity (mother‐ and adolescent‐reported) were assessed for 75 days across 5 years. We hypothesized that long‐term marital conflict resolution patterns would moderate the short‐term daily dynamics of conflict between the marital and the mother–adolescent dyads. Latent Class Growth Analysis revealed four types of families based on long‐term dyadic marital conflict resolution, including families where mostly constructive or mostly destructive conflict resolution was used. Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling was used to investigate the daily levels and short‐term daily dynamics of conflict, revealing that for most families there were no day‐to‐day lagged associations between marital conflict and mother–adolescent conflict. Results showed that long‐term conflict resolution patterns did not moderate the short‐term dynamics of daily conflict. However, differences among long‐term marital conflict resolution patterns were found in the levels of daily conflict, such that in families with long‐term destructive conflict resolution patterns, daily conflict intensity was higher.

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Exploring how exchange orientation affects conflict and intimacy in the daily life of romantic couples

Cited by 8 publications

References 30 publications

Communal strength, exchange orientation, equity, and relational maintenance

Communal strength, exchange orientation, equity, and relational maintenance

Explaining Heterogeneity of Daily Conflict Spillover in the Family: The Role of Dyadic Marital Conflict Patterns

Explaining Heterogeneity of Daily Conflict Spillover in the Family: The Role of Dyadic Marital Conflict Patterns

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