Couple Relationship Functioning as a Source or Mitigator of HIV Risk: Associations Between Relationship Quality and Sexual Risk Behavior in Peri-urban Uganda
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DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1937-9
Abstract: Despite evidence that a greater focus on couples could strengthen HIV prevention efforts, little health-related research has explored relationship functioning and relationship quality among couples in Africa. Using data from 162 couples (324 individuals) resident… read more here.
Keywords: risk; relationship quality; relationship functioning; relationship ... See more keywords
Effects of relationship functioning on the biological experience of stress and physical health.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.04.014
Abstract: In this paper, we outline how relationship functioning affects the biological experience of stress and its consequences for physical health. Negative relationship perceptions and processes, such as attachment insecurity, hostility, and frequent conflict, tend to… read more here.
Keywords: experience stress; stress; relationship functioning; biological experience ... See more keywords
Relationship functioning and substance use in same-sex male couples.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.04.009
Abstract: BACKGROUND Research suggests that substance use among partnered sexual minority men will be inversely associated with the quality of dyadic functioning. We tested whether dimensions of relationship functioning implied within Couples Interdependence Theory (e.g., rewards,… read more here.
Keywords: substance use; drug; relationship functioning; relationship ... See more keywords
Online programs improve relationship functioning for distressed low-income couples: Results from a nationwide randomized controlled trial.
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DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000479
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Although low-income couples experience greater relationship challenges, they have limited access to effective relationship interventions. Furthermore, most previous efforts to improve low-income couples' relationships have yielded very small effects (Hawkins & Erickson, 2015). In… read more here.
Keywords: program; income couples; relationship functioning; low income ... See more keywords
Couples’ division of household responsibilities during COVID-19, perceptions of fairness, and relationship functioning.
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DOI: 10.1037/cfp0000240
Abstract: As couples adapted to the stressful, pandemic-induced disruptions to daily life (e.g., closures of schools, working from home), many couples experienced changes to established divisions of paid and household labor. The present study investigates whether… read more here.
Keywords: relationship functioning; relationship; household responsibilities; perceptions fairness ... See more keywords
The impact of Strong Families, Strong Communities on relationship functioning in low-income African American and Hispanic individuals: Findings from a federally funded randomized control trial.
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DOI: 10.1111/famp.12758
Abstract: Low-income minorities face many complex barriers to building stable and healthy relationships. AVANCE Houston, a non-profit community-based organization in Houston, Texas, developed the Strong Families, Strong Communities (SFSC) program to address such barriers by providing… read more here.
Keywords: relationship functioning; functioning low; relationship; low income ... See more keywords
Implicit theories of relationships and self-expansion: Implications for relationship functioning
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DOI: 10.1177/0265407518768079
Abstract: Individuals hold implicit beliefs about the nature of romantic relationships. Growth beliefs are characterized by thoughts that romantic relationships can be cultivated over time, whereas destiny beliefs are characterized by thoughts that relationships are either… read more here.
Keywords: expansion; implicit theories; growth beliefs; relationship functioning ... See more keywords
Dynamic associations between stress and relationship functioning in the wake of COVID-19: Longitudinal data from the German family panel (pairfam)
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DOI: 10.1177/02654075221092360
Abstract: Individuals all across the world experienced significant disruptions in their personal and family life with the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The current study investigated dynamic associations between stress and relationship functioning… read more here.
Keywords: relationship functioning; stress; relationship; dynamic associations ... See more keywords