Theoretical Boundary Conditions of Partner Buffering in Romantic Relationships

Eller, Jami; Simpson, Jeffry A.

doi:10.3390/ijerph17186880

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“…Thus, insecure people who are more aware of their insecurities and have greater capacity to regulate their responses might reduce the detrimental effects and spillover of attachment insecurity [149][150][151] . However, at extremely high levels, attachment insecurity might be impervious to partner buffering or self-regulation attempts 152 . Identifying the factors that amplify or mitigate the www.nature.com/nrpsychol R e v i e w s 0123456789();: effects of attachment insecurity across contexts will require deeper consideration of the personal strengths that combat insecurity.…”

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Buffering and spillover of adult attachment insecurity in couple and family relationships

2022

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“…Again, this may be that partners of people high on attachment anxiety were more experienced in managing their spouse’s distress given that highly anxious individuals experience more frequent and intense distress (Feeney & Karantzas, 2017), and seek excessive emotional support, closeness, and reassurance from their romantic partners (Campbell & Marshall, 2011; Collins & Read, 1990). Therefore, partners may have learnt to inhibit their negative reactions to anxious individuals, developed strategies to short-circuit the escalation of distress, and/or adopted sensitive and responsive ways of supporting and attending to their partner’s needs (Eller & Simpson, 2020; Rusbult et al, 1991).…”

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A dyadic analysis of partner maltreatment using an attachment-based diathesis–stress model: A lab-based study.

Knox¹,

Karantzas²,

Ferguson³

et al. 2023

Psychology of Violence

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Objectives: Interpersonal and contextual factors are increasingly acknowledged to play an important role in understanding intimate partner maltreatment, abuse, and aggression. Nevertheless, several gaps in the literature exist. First, there is little dyadic and observational research into partner maltreatment. Second, there is little application of theoretical models with an interpersonal focus to guide research, policy, and practice. The present study adopted a diathesis–stress framework to understand the dyadic associations between attachment orientations and partner maltreatment, and the moderating role of perceived stress. Method: A total of 172 heterosexual couples completed measures of attachment and perceived stress and participated in a video-recorded discussion task. The interactions were coded for behaviors indicative of partner maltreatment. Actor–partner interdependence models were used to examine actor effects of attachment anxiety or avoidance on one’s own and one’s partner’s perpetration of partner maltreatment. The moderating effect of stress on actor–partner interactions was also examined. Results: Actor attachment avoidance, but not actor attachment anxiety, predicted actor perpetration of maltreatment, whereas both actor attachment anxiety and actor attachment avoidance predicted partner perpetration of maltreatment. Actor attachment avoidance was more positively associated with partner perpetration of maltreatment among actors with higher, relative to lower, levels of stress. Tests of gender invariance revealed few differences between men and women. Conclusions: The findings contribute to an emerging body of literature that uses dyadic modeling and observational approaches to examine the etiology of partner maltreatment and suggest that when contextual and dyadic factors are modeled, the interdependent nature of partner maltreatment cannot be overlooked.

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“…For example, we need to better understand how partners jointly cope successfully during chronically stressful periods of life in view of the fact that interpersonal processes that normally buffer stress and promote well-being may not be as effective—or could even be detrimental—during chronically stressful times. Effective coping may, for example, involve balancing and tailoring the quantity and quality of responsive support offered to a partner in relation to the level of stress a couple is currently experiencing (Eller & Simpson, 2020).…”

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Perceptions of partner responsiveness across the transition to parenthood.

Smallen¹,

Eller²,

Rholes³

et al. 2022

Journal of Family Psychology

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This longitudinal study examined associations between perceptions of partner responsiveness and relationship satisfaction of each partner (new parents) across the first 2 years of a chronically stressful life event-the transition to parenthood. Responsiveness indexes the degree to which partners respond to each other with understanding, validation, and care. Consistent with prior work, lower ratings of responsiveness receipt and provision predicted declines in relationship satisfaction across the transition. These effects, however, were moderated by parental stress, such that among new parents who reported experiencing higher levels of parental stress, providing higher levels of responsiveness to partners was associated with declines in relationship satisfaction. Conversely, under lower stress, relationship satisfaction benefited from higher levels of both providing and receiving responsiveness. All of these effects held when controlling for both partners' levels of agreeableness, neuroticism, support-seeking, income, and work-family conflict. Post hoc moderation analyses revealed that high stress partners who reported providing higher responsiveness reported larger declines in relationship satisfaction if they scored higher in attachment avoidance or had more negative social exchanges with their partner. We discuss these novel stress moderation results in light of the need to and meaning of engaging in responsiveness, especially during chronically stressful periods of life.

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Theoretical Boundary Conditions of Partner Buffering in Romantic Relationships

Cited by 6 publications

References 104 publications

Buffering and spillover of adult attachment insecurity in couple and family relationships

Buffering and spillover of adult attachment insecurity in couple and family relationships

A dyadic analysis of partner maltreatment using an attachment-based diathesis–stress model: A lab-based study.

Perceptions of partner responsiveness across the transition to parenthood.

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