People want to be understood by others, yet their perceptions of being understood are only
modestly related to actually being understood by others. In this article, we provide an …

For over 30 years information-processing approaches to leadership and more specifically
Implicit Leadership Theories (ILTs) research has contributed a significant body of knowledge …

The assessment of mediation in dyadic data is an important issue if researchers are to test
process models. Using an extended version of the actor–partner interdependence model the …

Linear structural equation modeling has become an indispensable methodology for
specifying, estimating, and testing hypothesized interrelationships among a set of …

Stress is a concept that has received increased attention in marital research during the last
decade, showing that it plays an important role in understanding the quality and stability of …

A central element of interdependence theory is that people have standards against which
they compare their current outcomes, and one ubiquitous standard in the mating domain is …

A model of risk regulation is proposed to explain how people balance the goal of seeking
closeness to a romantic partner against the opposing goal of minimizing the likelihood and …

Marital satisfaction is gaining increasing concern in modern society. The current review
proposes the dynamic goal theory of marital satisfaction to integrate previous findings about …

Data collected from both members of a dyad provide abundant opportunities as well as data
analytic challenges. The Actor–Partner Interdependence Model (APIM; Kashy & Kenny …

Using data from 198 couples, this study examines whether associations between stress
occurring outside of the dyad and key indicators of relationship functioning are mediated by …