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…”H1) Because wives often report greater negative marital quality than husbands (Almeida & Kessler, 1998: Birditt et al, 2015) we predicted that wives would report greater marital tension than husbands.
H2) Marital tension would increase among both husbands and wives. We also predicted that there would be a greater increase in marital tension among wives than among husbands because wives tend to report greater marital tension.H3) Consistent with the emergent distress and disillusionment models, increasing marital tension would predict marital longevity to a greater degree than marital tension in the first year of marriage.H4) Because wives are more likely to initiate divorce and are more likely to use destructive conflict strategies in response to conflict (Amato, & Previti, 2003; Birditt et al, 2010), we predicted that wives’ reports of marital tension would be more predictive of marital longevity than would husbands’ reports of marital tension.
…”H1) Because wives often report greater negative marital quality than husbands (Almeida & Kessler, 1998: Birditt et al, 2015) we predicted that wives would report greater marital tension than husbands.
H2) Marital tension would increase among both husbands and wives. We also predicted that there would be a greater increase in marital tension among wives than among husbands because wives tend to report greater marital tension.H3) Consistent with the emergent distress and disillusionment models, increasing marital tension would predict marital longevity to a greater degree than marital tension in the first year of marriage.H4) Because wives are more likely to initiate divorce and are more likely to use destructive conflict strategies in response to conflict (Amato, & Previti, 2003; Birditt et al, 2010), we predicted that wives’ reports of marital tension would be more predictive of marital longevity than would husbands’ reports of marital tension.