Partner support and marital satisfaction: Support amount, adequacy, provision, and solicitation

Erika Lawrence; Mali Bunde; Robin A. Barry; Rebecca L. Brock; Kieran T. Sullivan; Lauri A. Pasch; Grace A. White; Christina E. Dowd; Erin E. Adams

doi:10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00209.x

Partner support and marital satisfaction: Support amount, adequacy, provision, and solicitation

Erika Lawrence, Mali Bunde, Robin A. Barry, Rebecca L. Brock, Kieran T. Sullivan, Lauri A. Pasch, Grace A. White, Christina E. Dowd, Erin E. Adams

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To compare the extent to which (a) amount versus adequacy of received support and (b) support provision versus solicitation behaviors predict marital satisfaction, married couples from the United States (N = 275) provided perceptions of received support and participated in 2 support transactions. Actor-partner interdependence modeling and structural equation modeling techniques were employed. Husbands' perceptions of support adequacy predicted marital satisfaction more than their perceptions of support amount, whereas the results were generally the opposite for wives. Husbands' provision and wives' solicitation behaviors predicted marital satisfaction. Results suggest the need to move beyond simple counts of support received to examining support adequacy - and the various behaviors and roles involved in supportive transactions - to enhance theories of support and relationship functioning.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	445-463
Number of pages	19
Journal	Personal Relationships
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2008.00209.x
State	Published - Dec 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Social Psychology
Anthropology
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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Partner support and marital satisfaction : Support amount, adequacy, provision, and solicitation. / Lawrence, Erika; Bunde, Mali; Barry, Robin A.; Brock, Rebecca L.; Sullivan, Kieran T.; Pasch, Lauri A.; White, Grace A.; Dowd, Christina E.; Adams, Erin E.

In: Personal Relationships, Vol. 15, No. 4, 12.2008, p. 445-463.

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