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The Korean Journal of Woman Psychology

The Effects of Adult Attachment on Relationship Satisfaction among Dating Couples: The Mediating Effects of Dysfunctional Communication

Abstract

This study examined the effects of adult attachment on relationship satisfaction and the mediating effects of dysfunctional communication among dating couples. Survey data were collected from 194 dating heterosexual couples. The actor-partner interdependence model using structural equation model was adopted for the main analysis. The results of this study are as follows. First, the actor effects and partner effects in the relationships between adult attachment and relationship satisfaction were significant except for the partner effects in the relationship between attachment avoidance and relationship satisfaction. Second, the actor effects and the partner effects in the relationships between dysfunctional communication and relationship satisfaction were significant. Third, the actor effects and the partner effects in relationships between attachment anxiety and dysfucntional communication were significant, except for the relationships between men’s anxiety and women’s relationship satisfaction. While the self effect of men’s avoidance on men’s dysfunctional communication was positively significant, the partner effect of women’ avoidance on women’s dysfucntional communication was negatively significant. Fourth, the mediating effects of own and partner’s dysfunctional communication in the relationship between adult attachment and relationship satisfaction were partially significant. Study limitations, suggestions for the future study, and theoretical and practical implications of this study were discussed.

keywords
adult attachment, relationship satisfaction, dysfunctional communication, dating couples, actor-partner interdependence model, 성인애착, 관계 만족도, 역기능적 의사소통, 미혼 커플, 자기-상대방 상호의존모형

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