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The moderating effect of differentiation: Education and health in married couples
Author(s) -
BartleHaring Suzanne,
Ferriby Megan,
Bean Roy
Publication year - 2019
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.12277
Subject(s) - psychology , similarity (geometry) , developmental psychology , latent growth modeling , social psychology , latent class model , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
This study had four hypotheses based on Bowen Family Systems Theory. First, to determine the similarity in couple members' levels of differentiation, a latent profile analysis was performed. About 67% of couples reported less than a point difference on average between their scores on the differentiation subscales used. Second, whether differentiation was associated with physical health was determined by comparing the means of health indicators for couple members across the latent profile classes, and it was found that health and differentiation were related as expected. Finally, to determine whether differentiation moderated the associations between education, stress, and health, a group comparison procedure was performed for an Actor–Partner Interdependence Model. Evidence suggested that differentiation moderated some of these associations.