Attachment, Efficacy Beliefs and Relationship Satisfaction in Dating, Emerging Adult Women

Q3 Psychology

Journal of Relationships Research Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI:10.1017/jrr.2019.14

Fay S. Julal Cnossen, K. Harman, Ruth Butterworth

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Abstract

This study tested the hypothesis that relationship efficacy beliefs mediate the well-documented association between attachment style and relationship satisfaction in a sample of emerging adult women in dating relationships. Further, it explored whether efficacy beliefs vary as a function of romantic experience. Participants (N = 216, Mage = 19.2 years) completed measures of attachment style, efficacy beliefs (mutuality, differentiation, emotional control, and social), and relationship satisfaction. Mutuality beliefs mediated the association between attachment avoidance and anxiety and satisfaction; however, other patterns of mediation were also found. Social, but not relationship, efficacy beliefs differed as a function of number of previous romantic relationships. Results suggest that insecurely attached individuals experience lower relationship satisfaction, in part because they hold less efficacious beliefs about their ability to engage in caregiving and careseeking behaviours. Future longitudinal research might examine how newly forming attachment representations and relationship-relevant efficacy beliefs shape each other.

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初出期成年女性约会中的依恋、效能信念与关系满意度

本研究测试了一种假设，即在恋爱关系中初出期的成年女性样本中，关系效能信念介导了依恋类型和关系满意度之间的关联。此外，它还探讨了效能信念是否会随着浪漫经历的变化而变化。参与者(N = 216，年龄= 19.2岁)完成了依恋类型、效能信念(互互性、差异性、情绪控制和社交)和关系满意度的测量。互动性信念在依恋回避与焦虑、满足的关系中起中介作用;然而，其他的调解模式也被发现。社会的，而不是关系的，效能感信念随着之前恋爱次数的不同而不同。结果表明，不安全依恋的个体体验到较低的关系满意度，部分原因是他们对自己参与照顾和寻求照顾行为的能力持有较低的有效信念。未来的纵向研究可能会考察新形成的依恋表征和与关系相关的效能信念如何相互影响。

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