Abstract
The purpose of this research was to explore the role of General Factor of Personality (GFP) and adult attachment dimensions in marital quality through relationship attributions and emotional reactions. The sample consisted of 261 couples who were married at least more than one year and had no major stressful events in their lives up to the time of the study. In this study, the NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), the Experiences in Close Relationships Questionnaire-Revised (ECR-R), the Relationship Attribution Measure (RAM), the Geneva Emotion Wheel (GEW), and the Perceived Relationship Quality Components (PRQC) were used for collecting the data. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the data. The results suggest that attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance and GFP directly and indirectly, through relationship attributions and emotional reactions, were related to marital quality. In addition, relationship attributions are antecedent to emotional reactions. Based on the findings, an intrapersonal-situational model of marital quality is suggested.
Highlights
Marital quality is related to individual characteristics for example, Karney and Bradbury (1995) and Holman (2001) developed models of marital quality
CFA, with AMOS 18, was used to examine this factor structure in which the items were considered as observed variables and attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance as latent variables
Theoretical and empirical findings suggest that couples’ relationship attributions and emotional reactions are related to marital quality
Summary
Marital quality is related to individual characteristics for example, Karney and Bradbury (1995) and Holman (2001) developed models of marital quality. These models emphasize spouses’ individual characteristics that could be explained from the five-factor model of personality and attachment theory. The Big-Five personality traits- Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness- explain interpersonal differences in personality (John & Srivastava, 1999). Holland and Roisman (2008) found that extraversion and agreeableness are positively associated with marital quality. Previous studies indicate weak relationships of conscientiousness and openness with marital quality (Bouchard, 1999; Holland & Roisman, 2008). Researches (e.g., DeYoung, 2006; Musek, 2007; Rushton & Irwing, 2008, 2009) have supported the new hypothesis that the General Factor of Personality (GFP)
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