Locus of control, interpersonal trust, and assertive behavior among newlyweds.

Doherty, William J.; Ryder, Robert G.

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.37.12.2212

Cited by 43 publications

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“…For Locus of Control, the results supported findings of earlier research; for example, internal wives and husbands were more proactive in addressing marital conflict (Doherty & Ryder, 1979), and being internal was positively related to marital satisfaction (Bugaighis et al, 1983). The present study extended those findings as Locus of Control correlated positively with all four aspects of intimate relationships and was a significant positive predictor of two (Emotional and Physical).…”

Section: Antecedents Of Relationship Satisfactionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…One study found external women less likely to take responsibility for marital problems, while attributing the difficulties to external factors (Mlott & Lira, 1977). Alternately, Doherty and Ryder (1979) proposed that internal people are more likely to use social skills to influence their environment, and found internal husbands more proactive in resolving marital conflicts.…”

Section: Interpersonal Trustmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Intimate Relationships in China: Predictors Across Genders for Dating, Engaged, and Married Individuals

Taormina¹,

Ho²

2012

J. relat. res.

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Intimate relationship satisfaction was evaluated by 258 (male and female) dating, engaged, and married Chinese individuals on four dimensions (emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and physical), which were examined in relation to several personal and social characteristics (emotional intelligence, extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, self-esteem, partner's physical attractiveness, traditional Chinese values, gender attributes, interpersonal trust, locus of control, and family emotional support) as hypothesised predictors of relationship intimacy. In turn, the four relationship dimensions were tested as predictors for satisfaction of the belongingness need. Correlations confirmed the hypothesised relationships that the personal and social variables had with the four intimate relationship dimensions, while regressions revealed different patterns of predictors across gender for each of the relationship dimensions. Also, plots of the different mean scores on the four relationship dimensions for dating, engaged, and married individuals revealed very similar patterns, with engaged persons consistently showing the highest scores on all four dimensions. In addition, overall satisfaction with one's intimate relationship proved to be a predictor of satisfaction of the belongingness need for both genders. The discussion centres on the variables that predicted the intimate relationship dimensions and on gender differences in those variables and in variables that predicted satisfaction of the belongingness need.

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Section: Antecedents Of Relationship Satisfactionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Section: Interpersonal Trustmentioning

confidence: 96%

Intimate Relationships in China: Predictors Across Genders for Dating, Engaged, and Married Individuals

Taormina¹,

Ho²

2012

J. relat. res.

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“…In general marital literature, studies focusing specifically on locus of control and marriage have hypothesized a positive relationship between internal locus of control and one's satisfaction with the marital partner. This hypothesis is based on the theoretical assumption that those people with internal locus of control are most likely to engage in active efforts to solve their marital problems (Doherty, 1983;Doherty & Ryder, 1979;Sabatelli, 1986).…”

Section: The Conflict Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Farm Business-Owning Couples: Interrelationships among Business Tensions, Relationship Conflict Quality, and Spousal Satisfaction

Amarapurkar

Danes

2005

J Fam Econ Iss

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among business tensions, relationship conflict quality, and satisfaction with spouse for 206 farm business-owning couples. The Sustainable Family Business Model and the Family FIRO (Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation) model guided the path analysis. For both husbands and wives, locus of control was negatively related to business tensions; decision involvement discrepancy was positively related to relationship conflict quality; and business tensions were negatively related to relationship conflict quality. For husbands, relationship conflict quality was positively related to satisfaction with spouse; for wives, business tensions were negatively related to satisfaction with business-owning spouse.

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“…In a related study, Doherty and Ryder (1979) investigated the relationship between locus of control and more specific areas of marital functioning: interpersonal trust and assertive behavior. Each couple participated in the Inventory of Marital Conflicts (IMC) (Olson & Ryder, 1970), a laboratory procedure wherein each member of a couple receives selectively slanted versions of the same marital disagreement situation.…”

Section: General Attributional Processes In Nondistressed Couplesmentioning

confidence: 99%