Interaction structure of husbands' and wives' disclosure of marital conflict to their respective best friend.
Husbands' and wives' conversations with their respective best friend (N = 88) were coded to assess spouses' and friends' mutual influence in regulating support and interference with regard to spouses' marriage and to assess the impact of spouses' sex and marital satisfaction on the conversation processes. Dissatisfied husbands and wives expressed fewer positive and more negative views of marriage than satisfied husbands and wives and the friends in the 2 groups. There were no group and no sex differences in interference sequences. There were group and sex differences in support sequences. Friends of satisfied wives and those of dissatisfied husbands were more likely than satisfied wives and dissatisfied husbands to get support for their positive views of marriage. The findings are discussed with reference to the specific effects of outsiders' support and interference on satisfied and dissatisfied spouses.
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Department of Psychology, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada.
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Bélanger
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Bégin
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D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012944:Social Support