Satisfaction or connectivity?: Implications from the strong relationality model of flourishing couple relationships.

A central feature of couple relationships research is the use of self‐report measures of relationship satisfaction. Despite the widespread use of such measures in couples' research, scholars have raised critical questions about satisfaction‐focused assessment, including concerns about taking an onto...

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Publicado en:Journal of Marital & Family Therapy Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 883 - 908
Autores principales: Galovan, Adam M., Carroll, Jason S., Schramm, David G., Leonhardt, Nathan D., Zuluaga, Johana, McKenadel, Siobahn E. M., Oleksuik, McKenna R.
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2022
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          Galovan, Adam M.
          Carroll, Jason S.
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          Zuluaga, Johana
          McKenadel, Siobahn E. M.
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          Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta,, Canada
          School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah,, USA
          Human Development and Family Studies, Utah State University, Logan Utah,, USA
          Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario,, Canada
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      ab: A central feature of couple relationships research is the use of self‐report measures of relationship satisfaction. Despite the widespread use of such measures in couples' research, scholars have raised critical questions about satisfaction‐focused assessment, including concerns about taking an ontologically individualistic focus. Moving beyond ontological individualism, drawing from the Strong Relationality Model of Relationship Flourishing and data from 615 couples in the United States and Canada (N = 1230 individuals), we explored similarities and differences between assessments of relationship satisfaction and a measure based on strong relationality (relational‐connectivity). We evaluated associations with other scales assessing relationship factors including indicators of well‐being, relationship processes, virtues, and responsible actions. Using confirmatory latent profile analysis, we classified individuals as Flourishing (55.4%), Languishing (31.8%), Connected, Less‐Satisfied (7.8%), or Satisfied, Less‐Connected (5.0%). Our results suggest that attending to richer perspectives of relationship quality may spur additional understanding of many factors associated with meaningful couple relationships.
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