title: Remarriage Beliefs as Predictors of Marital Quality and Positive Interaction in Stepcouples: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model.
abstract: Using an Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, we examined remarriage beliefs as predictors of marital quality and positive interaction in a sample of 179 stepcouples. Three beliefs were measured using subscales from the Remarriage Belief Inventory (RMBI) including success is slim, children are the priority, and finances should be pooled. Several significant actor and partner effects were found for both wives' and husbands' beliefs. Wives' marital quality was positively associated with their own beliefs that finances should be pooled and negatively associated with their own beliefs that success is slim. Wives' reports of their own and spouses' positive interaction were both positively associated with their beliefs that finances should be pooled. Their reports of spouses' positive interaction were also negatively associated with husbands' beliefs that success is slim. Husbands' marital quality was positively associated with wives' beliefs that children are the priority, positively associated with their own beliefs that finances should be pooled, and negatively with success is slim. Positive interaction for husbands was positively associated with wives' beliefs that finances should be pooled and negatively associated with their own beliefs that success is slim. Finally, husbands' reports of positive interaction for their spouses were positively associated with wives' beliefs that finances should be pooled. Implications for future research utilizing dyadic data analysis with stepcouples are addressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development & Family Studies, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
authors.forename: Chelsea L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Garneau
authors.affiliation: Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Higginbotham
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adler-Baeder
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003469:Culture; D004467:Economics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology; D010556:Personality Tests; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Análisis de datos diádicos; Dyadic data analysis; Marital quality; Remarriage; Stepfamilies; calidad conyugal; casamiento en nuevas nupcias; convicciones sobre la relación; familias ensambladas; 二元数据分析; 关系信念; 再婚; 婚姻质量; 重组家庭