Relationship Satisfaction and Responsibility Attributions for Relationship Maintenance

This study examined relationship satisfaction and responsibility attributions for relationship maintenance, following up on couples who have been married for 2--3 years, in order to explore how individuals change during the first few years of a marital relationship, with respect to positive and negative responsibility attributions and levels of relationship satisfaction. Significant relationships were found between positive attributions made to partner and relationship satisfaction, as well as between increased discrepancy between real and ideal attributions to self and decreased satisfaction. Current relationship satisfaction was also compared to premarital satisfaction, and findings indicated that these variables are only loosely connected, suggesting that satisfaction may be operationalized differently during different stages of the relationship.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Johnson-Haggett, Susanne Marie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Harmon, Lenore W.

• Psychology, Developmental

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI9912282

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80285