TY - JOUR
T1 - Components of negative affectivity and marital satisfaction
T2 - The importance of actor and partner anger
AU - Renshaw, Keith D.
AU - Blais, Rebecca K.
AU - Smith, Timothy W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded in part by NIH Grant AG018903 awarded to T.W. Smith.
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - Marital satisfaction is inversely associated with neuroticism in oneself (actor effects) and one's spouse (partner effects). However, different facets of neuroticism, particularly angry hostility in comparison to depression or anxiety, may have differential effects on relationship quality. The present study examined actor and partner effects of anxiety, angry hostility, and depression facets of neuroticism on marital satisfaction in 301 couples. All path analyses demonstrated that depression and angry hostility had equivalent, significantly negative actor effects on marital satisfaction, but only angry hostility had a significant negative partner effect. Hence, in examining marital adjustment, the distinction between the various facets of neuroticism may be important. Further, anger may be an important but understudied consideration in research on marital discord.
AB - Marital satisfaction is inversely associated with neuroticism in oneself (actor effects) and one's spouse (partner effects). However, different facets of neuroticism, particularly angry hostility in comparison to depression or anxiety, may have differential effects on relationship quality. The present study examined actor and partner effects of anxiety, angry hostility, and depression facets of neuroticism on marital satisfaction in 301 couples. All path analyses demonstrated that depression and angry hostility had equivalent, significantly negative actor effects on marital satisfaction, but only angry hostility had a significant negative partner effect. Hence, in examining marital adjustment, the distinction between the various facets of neuroticism may be important. Further, anger may be an important but understudied consideration in research on marital discord.
KW - Anger
KW - Anxiety
KW - Depression
KW - Marital relationship
KW - Marital satisfaction
KW - Neuroticism
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.03.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.03.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953360891
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 44
SP - 328
EP - 334
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
IS - 3
ER -