TY - JOUR
T1 - Savoring positive events in couple life
T2 - impacts on relationship quality and dyadic adjustment
AU - Costa-Ramalho, Susana
AU - Marques-Pinto, Alexandra
AU - Ribeiro, Maria Teresa
AU - Pereira, Cicero Roberto
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Savoring is as an emotion regulation process that moderates the effect of positive events on positive feelings and helps people to generate, maintain, and increase their positive emotional experiences. Savoring processes are expected to have an impact on romantic relationships, although no study has yet been conducted. Using self-reported data from 473 adults in a conjugal relationship, this study investigated the predictive value of savoring strategies regarding relationship quality and dyadic adjustment; and whether savoring responses moderate the relationship between positive events in couplehood and the relational outcomes. Counting blessings, feeling relieved, memory building, and kill-joy thinking strategies predict several relational dimensions. Moderation analyses highlight that the behavioral expression, counting blessings, and memory building strategies affect positive events’ impact on several relational outcomes. Given the suggested role of savoring strategies in partners’ relational well-being, we believe that this issue may be targeted in marital counseling or training programs.
AB - Savoring is as an emotion regulation process that moderates the effect of positive events on positive feelings and helps people to generate, maintain, and increase their positive emotional experiences. Savoring processes are expected to have an impact on romantic relationships, although no study has yet been conducted. Using self-reported data from 473 adults in a conjugal relationship, this study investigated the predictive value of savoring strategies regarding relationship quality and dyadic adjustment; and whether savoring responses moderate the relationship between positive events in couplehood and the relational outcomes. Counting blessings, feeling relieved, memory building, and kill-joy thinking strategies predict several relational dimensions. Moderation analyses highlight that the behavioral expression, counting blessings, and memory building strategies affect positive events’ impact on several relational outcomes. Given the suggested role of savoring strategies in partners’ relational well-being, we believe that this issue may be targeted in marital counseling or training programs.
KW - Couplehood
KW - Dyadic adjustment
KW - Positive events
KW - Relationship quality
KW - Savoring strategies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84949955314&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19424620.2015.1082047
DO - 10.1080/19424620.2015.1082047
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84949955314
SN - 1942-4620
VL - 6
SP - 170
EP - 180
JO - Family Science
JF - Family Science
IS - 1
ER -