![Results from the Dyadic Model Explaining Husbands’ and Wives’ Marital Quality. The model also accounted for participant age, relationship length, educational attainment, and a more usual indicator of financial stress (living paycheck to paycheck), as well as total months deployed since 2001, length of time away from home in the last year due to military duties, and the number of PCS moves. These paths are discussed in detail in the text. The statistically significant direct effects between concerns over financial management and marital quality are also discussed in the text. χ²(39, 219) = 68.45, p < .001; RMSEA = 0.06; 95% CI [.035, 0.082]; CFI = 0.97. Unstandardized coefficients are shown. *p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314103636/figure/fig1/AS:961706134089730@1606300018526/Results-from-the-Dyadic-Model-Explaining-Husbands-and-Wives-Marital-Quality-The-model_Q320.jpg)
December 2017
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Journal of Family and Economic Issues
The effects of military couples’ (N = 219) financial management concerns on marital quality were investigated using an actor-partner interdependence model based on the family stress model. The influence of the mediating role of warm and hostile marital interactions was also investigated after accounting for multiple indicators of the military context, which are usually significant in the lives of military families. Individuals with higher levels of concern about financial management expressed less warmth and more hostility towards their partner. In turn, individuals exhibiting higher levels of warmth had spouses who reported greater marital quality.