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Temporal Linkages Between Wives' Pursuit and Husbands' Withdrawal During Marital Conflict
Author(s) -
TURGEON LYSE,
JULIEN DANIELLE,
DION ÉRIC
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1998.00323.x
Subject(s) - psychology , context (archaeology) , association (psychology) , social withdrawal , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychotherapist , paleontology , biology
This study examined the association between wives' pursuit and husbands' withdrawal during marital conflict discussions, and the affects associated with these behaviors. Ten distressed and 10 nondistressed couples completed a videotaped interaction in which the wives requested changes in husbands' behaviors. Results showed sequential dependencies between wives' pursuit and husbands' withdrawal, but distressed couples, as compared to nondistressed couples, did not engage in stronger pursuit/withdrawal patterns. Distressed husbands showed the highest proportions of anxious affects. The findings are discussed with reference to the affective context of the pursuit/withdrawal pattern.