Marital conflict and spousal wellbeing : the moderating role of emotion regulation strategies among couples in first married families and stepfamilies
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This study examined cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression as moderators of the association between marital conflict, marital satisfaction, and mental health among couples in first-marriages and remarriages. Couples in first-marriages (N = 111) and remarriages (N = 108) who had biological and/or stepchildren residing with them, completed online surveys. Drawing from Gross's extended process model (2015), my overarching hypothesis was that moderation effects of emotion regulation strategies on marital conflict on marital satisfaction and mental health would be greatest for stepfamily couples. Findings from a series of Actor-Partner Interdependence Moderation Models (APIMoM) revealed that for wives' in first-marriages and remarriages, cognitive reappraisal tempered the negative association between their own marital conflict and marital satisfaction. In addition, cognitive reappraisal tempered the negative association between marital conflict and mental health only for wives' in first-marriages. Finally, remarried husbands' expressive suppression enhanced the negative association between their marital conflict and marital satisfaction. These findings underscore the importance of social context in shaping spouses' abilities to adapt to relational stressors, as well as highlight implications for spousal wellbeing
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