Roth Michelle, Good Nicolas, Ledermann Thomas, Landolt Selina A, Weitkamp Katharina, Bodenmann Guy
Clinical Psychology for Children/Adolescents and Couples/Families, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Department of Human Development and Family Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States.
Front Psychol. 2024 Dec 13;15:1452397. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1452397. eCollection 2024.
Gratitude has been found to be relevant for relational well-being, and there has been ongoing interest in uncovering the mechanisms by which gratitude functions in interpersonal relationships. Only recently, gratitude has been studied within the context of dyadic coping-the interpersonal process of how partners communicate their stress, support each other during stressful times, and jointly cope with stress-in romantic couples. Drawing up on theoretical models on the functions of gratitude within close relationships and previous research, we aimed to advance this line of research and examined the potential mediating role of gratitude between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction applying a dyadic perspective. For a more nuanced understanding of gratitude, we differentiated between felt and expressed dyadic coping-related gratitude.
We used data of 163 romantic mixed-gender couples living in Switzerland. To examine the mediation model dyadically, we applied the Actor Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM).
While in the presence of gratitude as a mediator, almost no significant direct effects from dyadic coping on relationship satisfaction were found, evidence pointed to a mediating role of gratitude within this process: Provided dyadic coping was related to higher gratitude, which was in turn related to higher own and partner relationship satisfaction. The results were similar for felt and expressed dyadic coping-related gratitude.
The finding that gratitude plays an important mediating role within the dyadic coping process offers important future directions for research as well as preventative and clinical work with couples.
感恩已被发现与人际关系的幸福相关，人们一直对揭示感恩在人际关系中发挥作用的机制感兴趣。直到最近，感恩才在二元应对的背景下得到研究，二元应对是指伴侣如何在浪漫情侣关系中交流压力、在压力时期相互支持以及共同应对压力的人际过程。基于亲密关系中感恩功能的理论模型和先前的研究，我们旨在推进这一研究方向，并从二元视角检验感恩在二元应对与关系满意度之间的潜在中介作用。为了更细致地理解感恩，我们区分了感受型和表达型与二元应对相关的感恩。
我们使用了居住在瑞士的163对浪漫异性恋情侣的数据。为了从二元角度检验中介模型，我们应用了 Actor Partner Interdependence Mediation Model（APIMeM）。
虽然在存在感恩作为中介的情况下，几乎没有发现二元应对对关系满意度有显著的直接影响，但有证据表明感恩在这个过程中起到了中介作用：如果二元应对与更高的感恩相关，而感恩又反过来与更高的自身和伴侣关系满意度相关。感受型和表达型与二元应对相关的感恩的结果相似。
感恩在二元应对过程中起着重要的中介作用这一发现，为研究以及针对情侣的预防和临床工作提供了重要的未来方向。
