Social support and social strain among husbands and wives: a multilevel analysis.
In response to recent calls in the literature for within-person examinations of social support processes over time, this study explores the relationships of spousal support, spousal strain, and well-being among husbands and wives, both within the same day and across days. Eighty-three couples were interviewed and completed a structured diary twice daily for 1 week. The results of multilevel hierarchical modeling suggest that both spousal support and spousal strain made significant, independent contributions to concurrent negative affect, although only spousal support was a significant predictor of next-day negative affect. Spousal strain interacted with spousal support to predict next-day negative affect. Direct and moderating effects of perceived marital adjustment on negative affect were discussed.
DeLongis
Anita
A
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. adelongis@psych.ubc.ca
Capreol
Martha
M
Holtzman
Susan
S
O'Brien
Tess
T
Campbell
Jennifer
J
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*