Self‐concept clarity and relationship satisfaction at the dyadic level

Parise, Miriam; Pagani, Ariela Francesca; Donato, Silvia; Sedikides, Constantine

doi:10.1111/pere.12265

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“…The sample was composed of partners that generally reported to perceive the other as highly supportive (i.e., providing a high level of positive dyadic coping and a low level of negative dyadic coping), to successfully cope together with a common stressor, showing similar or slightly better dyadic coping abilities than reported in other Italian samples ( Donato et al, 2015 , 2018 ; Parise et al, 2018 ). Moreover, they reported high levels of relationship satisfaction, and average levels of couple generativity (see Table 1 ).…”

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“What Makes Us Strong?”: Dyadic Coping in Italian Prospective Adoptive Couples

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Becoming an adoptive parent is a particularly stressful transition, given the additional challenges couples have to face. Dyadic coping, an under-investigated dimension in the adoption literature, may play a relevant role for prospective adoptive couples’ ability to better cope with the adoptive process. The general aim of the present study was to investigate the association between dyadic coping and relationship functioning, in terms of relationship satisfaction and couple generativity, among prospective adoptive couples. Participants were 103 prospective adoptive couples pursuing international adoption in Italy. Couples were asked to fill in a self-report questionnaire. Results of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model showed that prospective adoptive partners reported high levels of positive and common dyadic coping and low levels of negative dyadic coping – suggesting partners’ ability to successfully cope together with a common stressor – a high level of relationship satisfaction, and an average level of couple generativity. Moreover, analyses showed significant actor effects of one’s own perception of the partner’s dyadic coping (positive, negative, and common) on one’s own relationship satisfaction and on couple generativity for both wives and husbands. With regard to partner effects, we found that both partners’ perceptions of the other’s dyadic coping responses (positive, negative, and common) were associated with the other’s relationship satisfaction, with the only exception of wives’ perceptions of common dyadic coping, which were not associated with their husbands’ relationship satisfaction. As for couple generativity, the only significant partner effect referred to negative dyadic coping responses for both wives and husbands.

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“…As such, the present results expand our knowledge on couple identity processes. Researchers interested in the antecedents of couple identity have shown that individual differences (such as self-concept clarity, Parise et al, 2019), family characteristics (such as intrusive parenting, Manzi et al, 2015; Parise, Donato, Pagani, Ribeiro, & Manzi, 2015), relational factors (such as commitment, Lewandowski et al, 2010), and interpersonal processes (such as forgiveness, Karremans & Van Lange, 2008) contribute to its formation. In this work, we focused on the role of an important interpersonal process such as capitalization for the building and maintenance of couple identity.…”

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“…Finally, potential moderators of the associations found should also be examined in future research. In particular, given the importance of individual differences in determining both capitalization and couple identity (e.g., depression, social anxiety, attachment orientations, or self-concept clarity; Hershenberg, Davila, & Leong, 2014; Kashdan, Ferssizidis, Farmer, Adams, & Mcknight, 2013; Parise et al, 2019; Shallcross, Howland, Bemis, Simpson, & Frazier, 2011), further studies could explore whether and how these characteristics may alter the capitalization process and its benefits for the relationship.…”

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If You Shared My Happiness, You Are Part of Me: Capitalization and the Experience of Couple Identity

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The way in which individuals react to a partner’s disclosure of positive news (capitalization response) is associated with relational well-being. Two studies analyzed the role of couple identity in explaining the association between perceived capitalization responses and relationship quality. A daily diary study ( n = 90 couples) revealed that on days people perceived their partners’ responses as active-constructive, they reported higher levels of couple identity. A longitudinal two-wave study ( n = 169 couples) showed that couple identity mediated the link between active-constructive (for both women and men) and passive-destructive responses (only for men) and relationship quality. Overall, our findings suggest that the experience of the partner’s involvement and support in good times contribute to a sense of couple identity, which over the long turn, is associated with partners’ relational well-being.

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“…In addition to research demonstrating the role of dyadic coping for partners’ relational well-being (e.g., Donato et al, 2015 ; Hilpert et al, 2016 ; Parise et al, 2019 ), abundant research has proven that coping positively as a couple in times of stress significantly reduces partners’ distress and improves partners’ psychological health, both when dealing with normative ( Molgora et al, 2018 , 2019 ; Alves et al, 2019 ) and non-normative life events ( Badr et al, 2010 ; Meier et al, 2011 ; Rottmann et al, 2015 ).…”

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Together Against COVID-19 Concerns: The Role of the Dyadic Coping Process for Partners’ Psychological Well-Being During the Pandemic

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The situation caused by the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been representing a great source of concern and a challenge to the psychological well-being of many individuals around the world. For couples in particular, this extraordinary rise in concern, combined with the stress posed by the virus containment measures, such as prolonged cohabitation and lack of support networks, may have increased the likelihood of couple problems. At the same time, however, COVID-19 concerns may have been a stimulus to activate couples’ stress management processes. A couple’s resource, which may have an important role in dealing with COVID-19 concerns and stress, is dyadic coping, i.e., the process through which partners face stress together. Drawing on a sample of 1,823 Italian individuals involved in a couple relationship, the current study tested a serial mediation model in which concerns about COVID-19 predicted psychological well-being, through both explicit stress communication and perceived partner dyadic coping responses. In addition, the study explored whether this dyadic coping process functioned the same way in satisfied and dissatisfied couples. Results showed that concerns about the situation related to COVID-19 significantly threatened individuals’ psychological well-being. However, these concerns positively predicted explicit stress communication, which in turn positively predicted perceived partner’s dyadic coping responses, which finally positively predicted psychological well-being. In addition, in the group of dissatisfied individuals, the association between explicit stress communication and perceived partners’ dyadic coping responses was not significant. The present study adds to the research on couples’ coping by testing for the first time the whole theoretical model of dyadic coping and does so during a global emergency situation. The study also suggests key components of preventive interventions for individuals in couples.

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Self‐concept clarity and relationship satisfaction at the dyadic level

Cited by 40 publications

References 70 publications

“What Makes Us Strong?”: Dyadic Coping in Italian Prospective Adoptive Couples

“What Makes Us Strong?”: Dyadic Coping in Italian Prospective Adoptive Couples

If You Shared My Happiness, You Are Part of Me: Capitalization and the Experience of Couple Identity

Together Against COVID-19 Concerns: The Role of the Dyadic Coping Process for Partners’ Psychological Well-Being During the Pandemic

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