Who suffers from stress? Action-state orientation moderates the effect of external stress on relationship satisfaction
Who suffers from stress? Action-state orientation moderates the effect of external stress on relationship satisfaction
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DOI：
10.1177/0265407516661045
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发表时间：
2017-09-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Sutter-Stickel, Dorothee
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作者：
Backes, Sabine;Brandstatter, Veronika;Sutter-Stickel, Dorothee
越来越多的证据表明，压力是关系满意度的可靠相关因素;然而，现有的模型未能解决为什么某些关系比其他关系更容易受到这种影响。我们从文献中的自我调节的个体差异预测，个人谁是更面向行动时，面对令人厌恶的要求将缓冲自己和他们的合作伙伴对外部压力的不利影响。使用演员合作伙伴的相互依存模型的自我报告数据从368对夫妇，我们发现，高度紧张，但行动导向的个人和他们的合作伙伴的关系满意度受到损害的外部压力比国家导向的个人和他们的合作伙伴。这些结果在控制了抑郁症状后仍然有效，并且不受性别或年龄的影响，尽管抽样夫妇的关系持续时间差异很大。结果支持这样的观点，即个体差异的自我调节，特别是行动方向，可能有利于关系面临的压力，从而澄清如何二人可能会受到影响的要求以外的关系。
Growing evidence implicates stress as a reliable correlate of relationship satisfaction; yet, existing models fail to address why some relationships are more vulnerable than others to this effect. We draw from the literature on individual differences in self-regulation to predict that individuals who are more action oriented when confronted with aversive demands will buffer themselves and their partners against the detrimental effect of external stress. Using actor-partner interdependence modeling on self-report data from 368 couples, we show that the relationship satisfaction of highly stressed but action-oriented individuals and their partners is compromised less by external stress than that of state-oriented individuals and their partners. These results held after controlling for symptoms of depression and were not moderated by gender or by age, despite sampling couples varying widely in relationship duration. Results support the view that individual differences in self-regulation, and action orientation in particular, might benefit relationships confronted by stress, thus clarifying how dyads might be affected by demands outside their relationship.