Social support and social strain among husbands and wives: a multilevel analysis.

@article{DeLongis2004SocialSA,
  title={Social support and social strain among husbands and wives: a multilevel analysis.},
  author={Anita DeLongis and Martha Jean Capreol and Susan Holtzman and Tess Byrd O’Brien and Jennifer D. Campbell},
  journal={Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association},
  year={2004},
  volume={18 3},
  pages={
          470-9
        }
}
  • A. DeLongisM. Capreol J. Campbell
  • Published 1 September 2004
  • Psychology
  • Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association
In response to recent calls in the literature for within-person examinations of social support processes over time, this study explores the relationships of spousal support, spousal strain, and well-being among husbands and wives, both within the same day and across days. Eighty-three couples were interviewed and completed a structured diary twice daily for 1 week. The results of multilevel hierarchical modeling suggest that both spousal support and spousal strain made significant, independent… 
View on PubMed
delongis-psych.sites.olt.ubc.ca
141 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
7
Background Citations
31
Methods Citations
2
Results Citations
7

Figures and Tables from this paper

141 Citations

Dyadic coping with stepfamily conflict

Demand–withdraw patterns of spousal response to family conflict were examined among 83 couples living in a stepfamily context. Using daily process methods, husbands and wives were each asked to…

Social support and strain from different relationship sources: Their additive and buffering effects on psychological well-being in adulthood

The present study examined the main and interactive effects of relationship-specific (i.e., spouses, friends, parents, and children) social support and strain on positive (happiness and well-being)…

Relationship of Dyadic Closeness with Work-Related Stress: A Daily Diary Study.

We examined the association between work-related stress of both spouses and daily fluctuations in their affective states and dyadic closeness. Daily diary data from 169 Israeli dual-earner couples…

Marital Satisfaction: The Differential Impact of Social Support Dependent on Situation and Gender in Medical Staff in Iran

Results revealed that spouse support is more important than social support from other resources to explain marital satisfaction, and showed that social support could decrease the explanatory impact of job satisfaction on scales of marital satisfaction.

Couples coping with stress: The role of empathic responding.

The primary objective of the study was to increase understanding of interpersonal dimensions of stress and coping within married couples. Our sample included 82 couples living in a stepfamily…

Couples Coping With Stress: Between-Person Differences and Within-Person Processes

It is demonstrated how distinguishing between- and within-person effects can provide a better conceptual understanding of dyadic processes in intimate relationships while examining stress-coping associations in an understudied group.

CRITICISM AND SOCIAL SUPPORT IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS

Previous research has demonstrated the importance of intimate partner support and criticism to health, but less is known about how these behaviors are regulated and expressed in relationships. The…

CRITICISM AND SOCIAL SUPPORT IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS

Previous research has demonstrated the importance of intimate partner support and criticism to health, but less is known about how these behaviors are regulated and expressed in relationships. The…

Associations Between Perceived Support in Older Adult Marriages and Dyadic Covariations in Momentary Affect and Aches.

Spousal support may be a double-edged sword; it is associated with reduced overall NA, but it may also lead to more permeable boundaries between spouses that seem to be specific to NA.

Social support, problem solving, and the longitudinal course of newlywed marriage.

These findings corroborate models that prioritize empathy, validation, and caring as key elements in the development of intimacy and suggest that deficits in these domains foreshadow deterioration in problem solving and conflict management.
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 35 REFERENCES

Mixed messages: implications of social conflict and social support within close relationships for adjustment to a stressful life event.

The authors examined the impact of women's perceptions of negative (conflict) and positive (support) exchanges with their mothers, partners, and friends before having an abortion on negative…

Emotional and Relational Consequences of Coping in Stepfamilies

SUMMARY One hundred and fifty-four remarried couples were interviewed at two time-points 20 months apart and provided ratings of closeness and tension in their relationships with both their own…

Social support and undermining in close relationships: their independent effects on the mental health of unemployed persons.

Compared with the volatile and extreme effects of social undermining, those of social support appear weaker but more stable, which is consistent with literature on the impact of life events and on marital interactions and satisfaction.

Social support as a double-edged sword: the relation of positive and problematic support to depression among rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Attributions and behavior in marital interaction.

The results of study 1 and 2 support social-psychological models that posit that attributions are related to behavior and models of marriage and close relationships that assume that maladaptive attributions contribute to conflict behavior and relationship dysfunction.

A New Look at Marital Quality: Can Spouses Feel Positive and Negative About Their Marriage?

Marital quality is examined as a 2-dimensional construct comprising positive and negative evaluations. Assessments of marital quality, behavior, attributions, and general affect were completed by 123…

The impact of daily stress on health and mood: psychological and social resources as mediators.

The data suggest that persons with low psychosocial resources are vulnerable to illness and mood disturbance when their stress levels increase, even if they generally have little stress in their lives.

Effects of daily stress on negative mood.

Results reveal the complex emotional effects of daily stressors, and in particular they suggest that future investigations should focus primarily on interpersonal conflicts.

Social Interactions and Feelings of Inferiority Among Correctional Officers: A Daily Event-Recording Approach

A daily event-recording method, referred to as the Daily Interaction Record in Organizations (DIRO) was employed for assessing the influence of three types of social interaction on negative affect at…

Social Support in Couples: Marriage as a Resource in Times of Stress

What Is Social Support, and What Makes You Think You Have It? Gender Related Differences in Social Support and Coping Giving and Taking Support A Complicated Process The Interplay between Conflict…