%0 Journal Article
%T Marital satisfaction and trauma
%A Avi Besser
%A Michael Weinberg
%A Virgil Zeigler-Hill
%A Yuval Neria
%J Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
%@ 1460-3608
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0265407517691367
%X This study examined the relationships between marital satisfaction and trauma-related symptoms (i.e., post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety) among 105 couples of injured survivors of terror attacks and their spouses (N = 210). Structural equation modeling and the actor¨Cpartner interdependence model were used to test the interdependence relationship between survivors¡¯ and spouses¡¯ marital satisfaction and trauma-related symptoms. The results demonstrated that the level of marital satisfaction reported by unexposed spouses was negatively associated with their own trauma-related symptoms as well as with the symptoms reported by the survivors. In contrast, the level of marital satisfaction reported by the survivors was negatively associated with their own trauma-related symptoms but had no connection with trauma-related symptoms reported by their spouses. Taken together, our findings shed new light on the potential links between marital satisfaction and trauma-related symptoms for survivors of terrorism and their spouses. Theoretical and clinical implications of these findings are also discussed
%K APIM
%K marital satisfaction
%K spouse
%K survivor
%K trauma
%K traumatic symptoms
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0265407517691367