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Placing the Social Exchange Framework in an Ecological Context
Author(s) -
Sabatelli Ronald M.,
Lee Hyanghee,
RipollNúñez Karen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family theory and review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.454
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1756-2589
pISSN - 1756-2570
DOI - 10.1111/jftr.12254
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , context (archaeology) , social ecological model , ecological systems theory , ecological psychology , macro , social exchange theory , sociology , ecology , focus (optics) , macro level , conceptual framework , psychology , geography , social psychology , social science , economics , computer science , economic system , biology , population , demography , physics , archaeology , optics , programming language
In this article we extend the ecological–exchange framework as a way of understanding cultural, cohort, and socioeconomic variations in how marriage partnerships are structured and experienced. Based on the integration of ecological and contextual perspectives and social exchange theories, this framework highlights both micro‐ and macro‐level factors that interact to shape the trends and trajectories of marriage relationships over time. We use the ecological–exchange framework to discuss future implications for research using exchange principles and focus on how close relationships are structured and experienced.