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A couple analysis of relationship perception among couples who face work demands
Author(s) -
SWENSON ANDREA R.,
ZVONKOVIC ANISA M.,
ROJASMCWHINNEY JENNIFER,
GERST KATHERINE N.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
personal relationships
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.81
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1475-6811
pISSN - 1350-4126
DOI - 10.1111/pere.12069
Subject(s) - psychology , typology , social psychology , perception , similarity (geometry) , variety (cybernetics) , context (archaeology) , relationship maintenance , face (sociological concept) , sample (material) , sociology , paleontology , social science , chemistry , chromatography , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , anthropology , computer science , image (mathematics) , biology
This study addresses how couples experiencing work travel demands talk about their relationship. Using a sample of 29 couples who experience work travel, this study examines what couples in separate interviews reported regarding their relationship, and uses mixed‐method strategies to develop a typology of couples. Three different relationship types were uncovered: aware couples who consider a variety of aspects of themselves, their partners, their relationships, and their contexts as they discuss their lives; individually focused couples who discuss their relationship only in terms of themselves and their partners; and isolated couples who discuss their relationships void of context. These findings support the notion that couples have a degree of similarity when it comes to social cognitions of their relationships.