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Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Vol. 20, No. 4, 515-536 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/02654075030204005

Relational Well-Being and Perceptions of Relational History in Married and Dating Couples

Jeanne Flora

University of La Verne floraj{at}ulv.edu

Chris Segrin

University of Arizona

This study examined how participants perceive their relational history with their current partner, and how those perceptions predicted relational well-being in 66 dating and 65 married couples. Perceptions of relationship development history were assessed through (1) coding of cognitive appraisals in the Oral History Interview and (2) self-reports from a measure of Relationship Development Breadth, which documented whether participants experienced certain thoughts, feelings, or behaviors typical of relationship development. Relational well-being was operationalized as relational satisfaction and stability, and was measured both concurrently and at a six-month follow-up. Greater Time 1 relational well-being was explained by reports of greater relationship development breadth and more positive oral history appraisals. Lower Time 2 satisfaction and Time 2 break-up (stability) were related to reports of little relational development breadth and negative oral history appraisals made by females. The results indicated similar patterns in the oral history appraisals of married and dating couples. In addition, the Relationship Development Breadth measure demonstrated good concurrent and predictive validity.

Key Words: marital satisfaction • oral history • perceptions • relationship development


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