Financial Stressors as Catalysts for Relational Growth: Bonadaptation Among Lower-Income, Unmarried Couples

LeBaron, Ashley B.; Curran, Melissa A.; Li, Xiaomin; Dew, Jeffrey P.; Sharp, Trevor K.; Barnett, Melissa A.

doi:10.1007/s10834-020-09666-z

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“…The findings of the present study indicated that in the economic crisis, women gave up the one-upmanship habit to protect their lives from economic pressure because this wrong habit makes the pressures of the economic crisis worse. This finding is consistent with the results of LeBaron et al (2020).…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Stafford (2020) designated that low value rewards compared to the expenses incurred by individuals in marriage have led to a reduction in the maintenance behaviors of couples. LeBaron et al (2020) demonstrated that in the economic pressure, the maintenance behaviors of couples' increase. Stafford (2020), in a study of 309 couples, showed that collective power (family and friends) leads to increased couples' maintenance behaviors.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors Affecting Marital Maintenance Behaviors in Economic Pressure from Married Women’s Perspective

Sheikhi-Fini

Salimi-Bajestani

Naeimi

2021

Iranian Evolutionary and Educational Psychology

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The current study intended to identify the factors influencing marital maintenance behaviors in economic pressure periods from married women's perspective. In so doing, a qualitative approach and a phenomenological research methodology was employed. The participants included 15 married women living in Bandar Abbas who were selected through purposive sampling method. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were analyzed using Thematic Analysis (TA) technique. The results revealed that the behaviors that maintain the couple's relationship included a main theme, i.e. the behaviors that maintain the couple's relationship. Sub-themes of factors related to couple maintenance behaviors included managing economic conditions, counseling and psychological services, main and core family interaction, and life skills. These findings can be used in the field of divorce prevention and family strengthening.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Affecting Marital Maintenance Behaviors in Economic Pressure from Married Women’s Perspective

Sheikhi-Fini

Salimi-Bajestani

Naeimi

2021

Iranian Evolutionary and Educational Psychology

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“…Prior studies have examined the links between material hardship, coparenting alliance, and responsive parenting behaviors ( Gershoff et al, 2007 ; LeBaron et al, 2020 ; Curran et al, 2021 ). Coparenting alliance is often characterized by both parents’ investments in their children, a respect for each other’s judgment about child rearing, and a desire to communicate child-related information ( Weissman and Cohen, 1985 ; Feinberg, 2003 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Material Hardship in Families With Low Income: Positive Effects of Coparenting on Fathers’ and Mothers’ Parenting and Children’s Prosocial Behaviors

2021

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Families with low income experience high levels of economic insecurity, but less is known about how mothers and fathers in such families successfully navigate coparenting and parenting in the context of material hardship. The current study utilized a risk and resilience framework to investigate the underlying family processes linking material hardship and children’s prosocial behaviors in a sample of socioeconomically disadvantaged mother-father families with preschoolers from the Building Strong Families project (N = 452). Coparenting alliance and mothers’ and fathers’ responsive parenting were examined as mediators. Results of structural equation modeling showed that coparenting alliance was associated with higher levels of both mothers’ and fathers’ responsive parenting. Subsequently, both parents’ responsive parenting were associated with higher levels of children’s prosocial behaviors. Material hardship was not associated with coparenting alliance and either parent’s responsive parenting. Tests of indirect effects confirmed that the effects of coparenting alliance on children’s prosocial behaviors were mediated through both mothers’ and fathers’ responsive parenting. Overall, these results suggest that when mothers and fathers have a strong coparenting alliance, they are likely to withstand the negative effects of material hardship and thus engage in positive parenting behaviors that benefit their children’s prosocial development. Family strengthening interventions, including responsible fatherhood programs, would do well to integrate a strong focus on enhancing a positive coparenting alliance between mothers and fathers.

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“…This third point may be especially impactful and achievable, as one of the primary goals of many therapists is to help clients recognize their thought patterns and behavior patterns and how those are interrelated (e.g., in cognitive behavioral therapy). Perceptions can help shape our reality, and as such, perceptions can be just as important as reality in shaping outcomes (LeBaron et al, 2017;LeBaron et al, 2020). By helping clients develop positive perceptions of their support network (e.g., that they can turn to family members for support, that their partner or other family members are on their side and rooting for their success, that their family will give them the support they need, etc.…”

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Perceived Family and Partner Support and the Work-Family Interface: A Meta-analytic Review

Kelley

LeBaron‐Black

Hill

et al. 2021

Revista De Psicología Del Trabajo Y De Las Organizaciones

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This study employed meta-analytic techniques to elucidate the role of perceived partner and family support in four measures of the work-family interface. We extracted 183 effect sizes from 82 samples and a total of N = 36,226 individuals. We found perceived familial (partner and family) support was negatively associated with work-to-family conflict (r = -.099) and family-to-work conflict (r = -.178). It was positively associated with work-to-family enrichment (r = .173) and family-to-work enrichment (r = .378). Various sample-level moderators were investigated through meta regression and subgroup analyses, including whether the support measure was family or partner focused. Perceived family support showed larger magnitude associations with the two conflict outcome variables than partner support, while there were no significant differences between family and partner support and the two enrichment outcomes. The results suggest that familial support is an essential component of successfully minimizing work-family conflict and maximizing work-family enrichment, and that whether the measure of support is partner or family specific may impact the magnitude of results.

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Financial Stressors as Catalysts for Relational Growth: Bonadaptation Among Lower-Income, Unmarried Couples

Cited by 22 publications

References 41 publications

Factors Affecting Marital Maintenance Behaviors in Economic Pressure from Married Women’s Perspective

Factors Affecting Marital Maintenance Behaviors in Economic Pressure from Married Women’s Perspective

Material Hardship in Families With Low Income: Positive Effects of Coparenting on Fathers’ and Mothers’ Parenting and Children’s Prosocial Behaviors

Perceived Family and Partner Support and the Work-Family Interface: A Meta-analytic Review

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