Daily Stress and Physical Health: The Role of Intimacy and Conflict in Romantic Relationships
Hale, Cara Jean
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Description
Title
Daily Stress and Physical Health: The Role of Intimacy and Conflict in Romantic Relationships
Author(s)
Hale, Cara Jean
Issue Date
2005
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Espelage, Dorothy L.
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Education, Educational Psychology
Language
eng
Abstract
The major purpose of the present study was to examine the degree to which stress and romantic relationships influenced physical health at both overall and daily levels. Participants, 357 undergraduate college students in dating relationships, completed three study phases to assess both within-person and between-person differences. Hierarchical multiple regression models were used to examine between-person differences and hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine within-person differences across seven days of daily diary assessments. Participants reported about their experience of stress, relationship intimacy, relationship conflict, and physical health. Results showed that stress, intimacy, and conflict all predicted physical health at between- and within-person levels. In addition, daily diary assessments of intimacy and conflict were better predictors of health than cross-sectional assessments in regression analyses. Finally, several moderating relationships (i.e., stress buffering effects, stress exacerbating effects, sex differences, weekend effects) were also supported.
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