Southern Romance: Relationship Quality, Consensus, and Context among Cohabiting Couples in the Gulf States

Harris, Victor W.; Visconti, Brian; Sewell, Charles B.; Cantrell, Randall A.; Anderson, Jon E.; Davison, Emily M.

doi:10.1080/01494929.2019.1655518

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“…It follows, then, that positive changes in psychological and physical health through self‐care contribute to enhancing couple quality by enabling partners to be more responsive to each other and to attend to their relationship needs with better understanding and attunement. Better understanding and attunement are hallmarks for maintaining healthy, stable and secure relationships (Harris et al., 2019).…”

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The association between mindfulness and couple quality: The mediating roles of self‐care and engagement in shared relationship activities

Park,

Harris,

Duncan

2024

Journal of Family Therapy

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Although studies have examined the association between individuals' mindfulness and romantic relationship quality, additional empirical research is necessary to specifically comprehend the potential factors influencing the association between mindfulness and couple quality. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association between mindfulness and couple quality and the mediating roles of self‐care and engagement in shared relationship activities among 1,331 participants in a southeastern region of the United States. The authors of this study conducted a multiple mediation analysis using longitudinal data to investigate the mediating effects of caring for self and engagement in shared relationship activities. The research findings in this study indicated that an individual's mindfulness had a significant direct association with couple quality in a romantic relationship. In addition, participants' couple quality was significantly mediated by self‐care and engagement in shared relationship activities with a romantic partner. Implications for educators, researchers and practitioners are discussed.

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confidence: 99%