The Role of capitalization and mattering among married couples: an attachment theory perspective

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The current study investigated the mediating role of perceived partner responses toward capitalization attempts (PRCA) and perceived mattering (PM) on the association between attachment dimensions (i.e., anxiety and avoidance) and relationship functioning (i.e., satisfaction and communication quality) among married couples. Considering the gender roles and culture-specific patterns, it was expected that PRCA and PM mediate the link between avoidance and dissatisfaction, and the link between anxiety and conflict. Both actor and partner effects of PRCA and PM were expected to be stronger for wives than husbands. Married couples (N = 112) participated in the study. Hypotheses were tested via APIMeM (Actor-Partner Interdependence Mediation Model) to assess dyadic effects. Results yielded a number of significant actor and partner effects. Specifically, PM partially mediated the association between couples’ avoidance and their own satisfaction. The association between spouses’ anxiety and satisfaction was fully mediated by their own PM. The predictive power of wives’ avoidance was higher than husbands’ avoidance and husbands’ anxiety was higher than wives’ anxiety on satisfaction. Although wives’ anxiety did not predict their own satisfaction, it had a partner effect on husbands’ satisfaction. Husbands’ avoidance predicted wives’ satisfaction via their own and wives’ PM. Husbands’ anxiety predicted communication quality via their own PRCA. Husbands’ communication quality was predicted by wives’ avoidance via husbands’ PRCA. The magnitude of actor effect of wives’ anxiety on communication quality was higher than that of husbands’ anxiety and wives’ anxiety had a significant partner effect on husbands’ communication quality. The findings were discussed considering Turkish cultural context and previous findings.

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Families, Domestic relations., Attachment behavior., Avoidance (Psychology)., Anxiety., Happiness., Marriage., Psychology M.S. thesis

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/23689

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F. Kırımer, “The Role of capitalization and mattering among married couples: an attachment theory perspective,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2014.