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Haydon, K. C., Jonestrask, C., Guhn-Knight, H., & Salvatore, J. E. (2017). The Dyadic Construction of Romantic Conflict Recovery Sabotage. Journal of social and personal relationships, 34(6), 915-935. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407516661766
Haydon, Katherine C, et al. "The Dyadic Construction of Romantic Conflict Recovery Sabotage." Journal of social and personal relationships vol. 34,6 (2017): 915-935. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407516661766
Haydon KC, Jonestrask C, Guhn-Knight H, Salvatore JE. The Dyadic Construction of Romantic Conflict Recovery Sabotage. J Soc Pers Relat. 2017;34(6):915-935. doi: 10.1177/0265407516661766. Epub 2017 Sep 01. PMID: 29398761; PMCID: PMC5791900.
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J Soc Pers Relat. 2017;34(6):915-935. doi: 10.1177/0265407516661766. Epub 2017 Sep 01.

The Dyadic Construction of Romantic Conflict Recovery Sabotage.

Journal of social and personal relationships

Katherine C Haydon, Cassandra Jonestrask, Haley Guhn-Knight, Jessica E Salvatore

Affiliations

  1. Mount Holyoke College.
  2. Virginia Commonwealth University.

PMID: 29398761 PMCID: PMC5791900 DOI: 10.1177/0265407516661766

Abstract

This longitudinal study of 100 couples assessed individual and dyadic processes associated with romantic conflict recovery, or how couples behave in the moments following conflict. Couples completed measures of attachment anxiety and avoidance; a conflict discussion during which affect, behavior, and conflict resolution were coded; a cool-down discussion during which post-conflict behavior was coded; and measures of relationship satisfaction and stability one year later. Recovery sabotage (negative behavior and perseveration on conflict in the moments following conflict) was associated with high attachment anxiety and low avoidance. Recovery sabotage was unrelated to affect expressed during conflict and was instead tied to whether partners aired or suppressed grievances. Consistent with the demand-withdraw conflict pattern, recovery sabotage was associated with lower actor conflict avoidance but higher partner conflict avoidance. These effects were independent of conflict resolution, which was not significantly associated with recovery sabotage when other features of conflict were controlled. Recovery sabotage and conflict resolution also differentially predicted satisfaction and stability one year later. Findings suggest recovery sabotage is a distinct, developmentally organized relationship process tied to attachment history and behavioral, rather than affective, transactions between partners during conflict.

Keywords: Attachment; Conflict Avoidance; Romantic Conflict Recovery; Satisfaction

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