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Relationship dissatisfaction and other risk factors for future relationship dissolution: a population-based study of 18,523 couples

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Røsand, Gun-Mette B., Slinning, Kari, Røysamb, Espen, Tambs, Kristian·2014·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
DOI 10.1007/s00127-013-0681-3PMC PMC3889678
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PURPOSE: There has been a marked increase in divorce rates in most Western societies over the last 50 years. Relationship dissolution is associated with negative consequences both for adults and children, so it is important to understand the factors that help retain marital stability. The first aim of this prospective study was to identify risk factors for relationship dissolution in 18,523 couples in Norway, with a particular focus on individual dissatisfaction with the relationship. The second aim was to assess interaction effects between relationship dissatisfaction and other predictors of relationship dissolution. METHODS: Pregnant women and their partners enrolled in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort study completed questionnaires during the pregnancy that asked about relationship dissatisfaction, strain, demographics, and other risk factors. The main outcome variable was relationship dissolution in the 39-month period from gestational week 30-36 months postpartum. Associations between the risk factors and relationship dissolution were estimated by logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Except for younger female age, relationship dissatisfaction in women and lower education in men, were the strongest predictors of relationship dissolution. Another strong factor was women's persistent strain. No significant interaction effects were found between relationship dissatisfaction and the other variables in the analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Dissatisfaction with the relationship, in particular in women, and low male education are important predictors of relationship dissolution, although other factors are also related to dissolution. There are only few studies on relationship predictors of dissolution conducted in Europe, and the current study adds to this body of knowledge.

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  • A recent study suggests relationship dissatisfaction to be the strongest predictor of maternal emotional distress during pregnancy.

    “A recent study suggests relationship dissatisfaction to be the strongest predictor of maternal emotional distress during pregnancy [48,49].”

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    The Abstract (Methods and Results; page unavailable) identifies relationship dissolution—not maternal emotional distress—as the outcome and names women's relationship dissatisfaction as a strong predictor of dissolution. The Results and Discussion also treat emotional distress as a potential predictor of dissolution. Searches for dissatisfaction predicting maternal distress during pregnancy found no passage assessing or ranking that relationship. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Røsand, G.-M. B., Slinning, K., Røysamb, E., & Tambs, K.
Affiliations
Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
Corresponding author
Røsand, Gun-Mette B.
ORCID
Venue
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2013-03-28
Volume
49
Issue
1
Pages
109-119
ISSN
  • 0933-7954 (ISSN-L)
  • 1433-9285
DOI
10.1007/s00127-013-0681-3
PMC
PMC3889678
OpenAlex
W1999193873
Cited by
68
References
79
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FWCI
10.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • EkstraStiftelsen Helse og Rehabilitering (Stiftelsen Dam)
  • Norges Forskningsråd (151918/S10)
  • National Institutes of Health (n01es75558-11-0-1, N01-ES-75558)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (1-UO1-NS-047537, UO1-NS-047537, 2UO1 NS047537-06A1, 047537-01, UO1 NS 047537–01, NS 047537, U01NS047537, 047537-06A1, UO1 NS 047537-06A1, NS 047537-06A1, 1 UO1 NS 047537‐01)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (ES-75558, N01-ES, UO1 NS 047537-01, N01ES75558, N01 ES075558, 1 UO1 NS 047537-01, no.2 UO1 NS 047537–06A1, 2 UO1 NS 047537-06A1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Marriage and Family Dynamics
Keywords
breakup, marital stability, relationship dissatisfaction, marital strain, divorce, risk factors, men's education, maternal age, pregnant women, postpartum period, Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
MeSH terms
Adult, Divorce, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Marriage, Middle Aged, Norway, Population Surveillance, Pregnancy, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors

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