Military Couples' Trauma Disclosure: Moderating Between Trauma Symptoms and Relationship Quality

Open communication postdeployment has been encouraged for military couples (Allen, Rhoades, Stanley, & Markman, 2011), as trauma symptoms have been found to influence military couples' marital satisfaction and relationship functioning. Limited research has investigated whether trauma disclo...

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Published in:Psychological trauma 2014-09, Vol.6 (5), p.537-545
Main Authors: Monk, J. Kale, Nelson Goff, Briana S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Couples
Female
Human
Interpersonal Communication
Male
Marital Satisfaction
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Relationship Quality
Self-Disclosure
Spouses
Symptoms
Trauma
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Summary:Open communication postdeployment has been encouraged for military couples (Allen, Rhoades, Stanley, & Markman, 2011), as trauma symptoms have been found to influence military couples' marital satisfaction and relationship functioning. Limited research has investigated whether trauma disclosure moderates the association between trauma symptoms and relationship quality. The current study included data from 50 Army couples. Based on a multiple-group actor-partner-interdependence model (APIM), we found that higher levels of trauma symptoms were associated with lower relationship quality for the actors (themselves) and their partners. In addition, trauma disclosure moderated the relationship between partners. Implications for future research with larger samples are discussed.
ISSN:1942-9681
1942-969X
DOI:10.1037/a0036788