Relationship Satisfaction: Stress and Resilience

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2024

Abstract

The relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACE), stress, and relationship satisfaction was investigated in this study. According to stress proliferation theory (Scorza et al., 2022) stressful events can compound throughout a lifetime, making new stressors more difficult to navigate, increasing stress, and decreasing overall satisfaction. As such, it was hypothesized that high ACE scores, combined with recent stressful events would decrease satisfaction in romantic relationships. Additionally, resilience was of interest as a mediator to relationship satisfaction when ACE and current stressors are present. High resilience may increase marital satisfaction (Bradley and Hojjat, 2017), thus it was also measured in participants. An online questionnaire including the scales measuring the hypothesized variables was given to 135 participants. A multiple linear regression was performed to examine the relationship between ACE, recent stress, resilience, and relationship satisfaction. The overall regression was statistically significant and there was a significant main effect of resilience.

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Studies in Social Psychology
BLH 266

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