Dyadic Empathy, Dyadic Coping, and Relationship Satisfaction: A Dyadic Model

Abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate a theoretical model specifying the direct and indirect associations between dyadic empathy, dyadic coping, and relationship satisfaction in a sample of 187 heterosexual couples. Dyadic and structural aspects of mediation were tested using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Results revealed that greater levels of an individual’s own propensity for dyadic empathy (i.e., one’s ability to experience empathic concern and perspective-taking) significantly predicted greater levels of an individual’s own dyadic coping strategies among both male and female participants. Moreover, increased levels of an individual’s own dyadic coping strategies significantly predicted a similar greater degree of an individual’s own relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, results also provide support for the possible mediating role that an individual’s own dyadic coping strategies may hold in explaining the links between an individual’s own empathic co.... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/697

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Dyadic Empathy, Dyadic Coping, and Relationship Satisfaction: A Dyadic Model ; volume:10 ; number:1 ; day:28 ; month:02 ; year:2014 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 10, Heft 1 (28.02.2014)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Christine Levesque ; Marie-France Lafontaine ; Angela Caron ; Jamie Lyn Flesch ; Sophie Bjornson

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v10i1.697
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101417471795969721
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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