A day in the life: Couples' everyday communication and subsequent relationship outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how communication processes contribute to well-functioning versus distressed couple relationships has relied largely on brief, laboratory-based conversations. Harnessing technological advancements, the present study extends the literature by capturing couples' naturalistic communication over one full day at Time 1 (T1). This study tested associations between data-driven categories of couple communication behaviors and relationship outcomes (i.e., relationship aggression, satisfaction, and dissolution) at Time 2 (T2), approximately 1 year later. Emerging adults in different-gender dating couples (n = 106 couples; 212 individuals; M_age = 22.57 ± 2.44; M relationship length = 30.49 months ± 24.05; 72.2% non-White) were each provided a smartphone programm

SUBMITTER: Ryjova Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10963157 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature