%0 Journal Article
%T Dyadic Empathy, Dyadic Coping, and Relationship Satisfaction: A Dyadic Model
%A Angela Caron
%A Christine Levesque
%A Jamie Lyn Flesch
%A Marie-France Lafontaine
%A Sophie Bjornson
%J -
%D 2014
%R 10.5964/ejop.v10i1.697
%X The purpose of the present study was to investigate a theoretical model specifying the direct and indirect associations between dyadic empathy, dyadic coping, and relationship satisfaction in a sample of 187 heterosexual couples. Dyadic and structural aspects of mediation were tested using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. Results revealed that greater levels of an individual¡¯s own propensity for dyadic empathy (i.e., one¡¯s ability to experience empathic concern and perspective-taking) significantly predicted greater levels of an individual¡¯s own dyadic coping strategies among both male and female participants. Moreover, increased levels of an individual¡¯s own dyadic coping strategies significantly predicted a similar greater degree of an individual¡¯s own relationship satisfaction. Furthermore, results also provide support for the possible mediating role that an individual¡¯s own dyadic coping strategies may hold in explaining the links between an individual¡¯s own empathic concern and an individual¡¯s own relationship satisfaction among male participants. With regard to the dyadic components of the study¡¯s model, findings indicated that perspective-taking among males significantly improve their female partners¡¯ propensity to employ positive dyadic coping strategies. Moreover, empathic concern among female participants was found to improve their male partners¡¯ dyadic coping strategies. Findings suggest the potential utility of examining dyadic coping as a means to expand clinical and empirical insights regarding the links between dyadic empathy and relationship satisfaction
%K [couple relationships
%K dyadic coping
%K dyadic empathy
%K relationship satisfaction]
%U https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/697