Emotion skills and marital health : The association between observed and self-reported emotion skills, intimacy, and marital satisfaction

The relationship between observed and self-reported emotion skills, intimacy, and relationship satisfaction was examined. Results showed that emotion skills can be reliably observed in couples' interactions. Results also supported a model in which emotion skills influence marital satisfaction t...

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Published inJournal of social and clinical psychology Vol. 26; no. 9; pp. 983 - 1009
Main Authors MIRGAIN, Shilagh A, CORDOVA, James V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Guilford 01.11.2007
Guilford Press
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Children & youth
Competition
Couple and family
Emotions
Empathy
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender differences
Interpersonal relations
Love
Marital satisfaction
Marriage
Predictors
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sample size
Satisfaction
Skills
Social psychology
Human
Marital relation
Affect affectivity
Social interaction
Marital satisfaction
Sex
Emotion emotionality
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Summary:The relationship between observed and self-reported emotion skills, intimacy, and relationship satisfaction was examined. Results showed that emotion skills can be reliably observed in couples' interactions. Results also supported a model in which emotion skills influence marital satisfaction through their influence on intimacy. Results further showed that observed emotion skills added to self-report in the prediction of marital health. Finally, where there were gender differences, women were more emotionally skillful than men. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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ISSN:0736-7236
1943-2771
DOI:10.1521/jscp.2007.26.9.983