Military marriages: Do adaptive processes promote marital resilience?
- Pullman, L., & Wang, Z. (2022). Military marriages: Do adaptive processes promote marital resilience? Military Behavioral Health, 10(2), 92-99. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2022.2098884
- This study used the integrative framework of military marriage to examine how spouses’ adaptive processes (e.g., communication, problem-solving) impacted the links between relationship risk factors and marital stability in separate competing models (i.e., a mediation versus a moderation model). 702 women civilian spouses of Canadian Armed Forces members reported on their risk factors (i.e., insecure attachment, psychological distress [e.g., feeling nervous or hopeless], military context [i.e., days spent apart due to military service], financial instability), adaptive processes, marital stability (e.g., discussions of divorce/separation, overall relationship satisfaction), and demographics (e.g., age, education). Spouses with a more secure attachment style, fewer children, and more financial stability reported better adaptive processes, and, in turn, greater perceived marital stability.
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