A labor of love? Emotion work in intimate relationships.

Autor: Horne, Rebecca M., Johnson, Matthew D.
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Zdroj: Journal of Social & Personal Relationships; Apr2019, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p1190-1209, 20p
Abstrakt: Drawing on relational developmental systems and gender relations perspectives, this study analyzed data from 1,932 heterosexual couples from Waves 1 and 2 of the German Family Panel to answer three questions: (1) What are the longitudinal associations between male and female partners' emotion work provision and relationship satisfaction? (2) Are there gender differences in associations between emotion work and relationship satisfaction? (3) Does autonomy moderate associations among these focal variables? An actor–partner interdependence model revealed emotion work was linked to heightened future relationship satisfaction, and female partners' emotion work was the strongest predictor of both partners' relationship satisfaction. Latent variable interactions demonstrated male partners' emotion work was linked to female partners' heightened relationship satisfaction only when men also reported high levels of autonomy. Emotion work may be a "labor of love" that builds future relationship satisfaction while under the differential "management" of autonomous self-representation and gender norms of affective care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index