This study developed the Couple Interaction Pattern Scale (CIPS) based on the interpersonal theory, comprising five subscales: friendly complementary (FC), hostile complementary (HC), mutual hostile-dominant (MHD), friendly-dominant eliciting hostile-submissive (FDHS), and hostile-dominant eliciting friendly-submissive (HDFS). The psychometric properties of the CIPS were examined through three independent studies. Study one conducted item reduction and preliminary analysis using a sample of 662 married individuals, with an additional 80 married individuals for test-retest reliability assessment. Study two validated the scale through 1207 married individuals. In study three, the effect of couple interaction pattern (CIP) on marital quality was analyzed among 310 newlywed couples using the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM). Results supported the construct validity, acceptable internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the CIPS. Besides, concurrent validity was also proved by associations with conflictual communication patterns, marital quality, stability, emotional connection, and perceived partner support. APIM analysis also supported the association between CIP and marital quality.

Gender symmetry is a long-standing controversy in intimate partner violence (IPV) research. This study explored the gender directionality of IPV and differences in the quality of relationships between different dyadic patterns. IPV experiences and relationship quality of 371 heterosexual couples were examined. Results indicate that females reported more IPV perpetration than males. Generally, the male-only IPV and bidirectional IPV couples showed lower levels of relationship quality compared with female-only IPV and no-IPV couples. Future studies should realize that different dyadic types of IPV may have different mechanisms and consequences, and more attention should be paid to gender directionality.

BACKGROUND: Psychopathy is closely related to many negative interpersonal outcomes in daily life, including violence. Therefore, psychopathy intervention in subclinical individuals has significant application value.
OBJECTIVE: Guided by the personality-relationship transaction model and social investment theory, this study examined how marital quality affects self- and partner-rated psychopathy. We also used the actor-partner interdependence mediation model to explore the mediating effect of communication.
METHODS: We examined self-reports and partner reports of psychopathy, marital quality, and communication among 260 married Chinese couples.
RESULTS: The results indicated that marital quality directly influenced couples\' self-rated psychopathy, with both actor and partner effects on husbands\' psychopathy and actor effects on wives\' psychopathy. Moreover, verbal communication had mediating effects at time 2 between marital quality at time 1 and partner-reported psychopathy at time 3. Meanwhile, the mediating effect of nonverbal communication was not significant.
CONCLUSIONS: Our investigation of relationship effects on psychopathy revealed that the underlying mechanisms differed between self- and partner-rated psychopathy. The findings can highlight directions for exploring potential intervention strategies for subclinical psychopathy.

This study investigated the mediating role of perceived partner responsiveness in the relationship between emotional reactivity and marital quality among Chinese couples. The survey participants included 550 couples from 28 provinces in the Eastern, Central and Western China. The ages of the husbands range from 39 to 64 years old whose average age is 46.45 years old, while the ages of the wives vary between 32 and 62 years old whose average age is 45.08 years old. The Emotion Reactivity Scale, Perceived Partner Responsiveness Scale, and Quality of Marriage Index were selected for measurement. The results showed that the scores of husbands perceived partner responsiveness and marital quality were significantly higher than those of wives, and there was no significant difference in emotional reactivity between husbands and wives. Correlation analysis showed that emotional reactivity of couples was negatively correlated with perceived partner responsiveness and marital quality, while perceived partner responsiveness was positively correlated with marital quality. Based on the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM), it was found that the emotional reactivity of both spouses was a significant negative predictor of their marital quality (actor effect). It also significantly negatively predicted the marital quality of the spouse (partner effect). The mediating effect analysis results showed that the husbands\' perceived partner responsiveness played a mediating role in the emotional reactivity of the couples on marital quality of the husbands, and the wives\' perceived partner responsiveness played a mediating role in the emotional reactivity of the couples on marital quality of the husbands. The wives\' perceived partner responsiveness played a mediating role in the effect of the couples\' emotional reactivity on the wives\' marital quality. The results of this study contribute to a better understanding of the mechanism of emotional reactivity of couples affecting marital quality and have a guiding significance for improving marital quality.

This study described the perspectives and interplay of factors affecting the family sense of coherence of Chinese couples during the perinatal period. We adopted a grounded theory approach and conducted semi-structured interviews with 36 Chinese couples during pregnancy and at 2-3 months postpartum. Four major themes emerged involving meaningfulness, comprehensibility, and manageability of new parenthood and factors affecting the family sense of coherence. The strong sense of family unity and harmony embedded in the Confucian philosophy and the collective coping, in particular the strong social support network, seemed to contribute to couple\'s experience of new parenthood as meaningful, comprehensible, and manageable.

It is widely accepted that support-seeking behaviour is culture-specific, such that Asians are less likely to seek support when stressed compared with Westerners. However, mounting evidence is based on the vignette methodology or the cross-sectional survey and utilised students sample. Little is known about how such behaviour manifests in real life and incurs relational consequences. Moreover, psychological theories predict both differences in support-seeking behaviour between persons and the variability of such behaviour within persons. The current study aims to explore between-and within-person associations between support seeking and relationship satisfaction in Chinese couples. Eighty-four Chinese couples reported their daily stressors, support seeking behaviour, and relationship satisfaction every evening for 7 days and overall relationship satisfaction before the diary study and 1 year later. We found that support seeking matters in Asian couples: On days when couples sought more support, they would be more satisfied with their relationship. Notably, no negative associations between couples\' own support seeking and partners\' relationship satisfaction were found. This study advances our understanding of general and temporal support-seeking processes in Asian couples in the course of everyday life and over time. Results entail important theoretical and practical implications.

This study seeks to understand the ways in which spouses\' gender-related attitudes are configured within couples and how such configurations are linked to marital satisfaction in Chinese marriage.
Latent profile analysis was conducted using dyadic data from a nationwide large sample of Chinese couples from the China Family Panel Studies (N = 7,257 couples; Myears of marriage = 28.36, SD = 12.84; Mage for wives = 52.38, SD = 12.63; Mage for husbands = 50.51, SD = 12.37).
Four profile groups were identified: the \"modern female and traditional male\" group (MFTM); the \"traditional female and modern male\" group; the \"child-oriented\" group; and the \"traditional female and traditional male\" group. Husbands\' and wives\' marital satisfaction varied across groups in different patterns (yet all relevant effect sizes were modest). In general, husbands in the congruent group reported higher satisfaction than did those in the incongruent groups, whereas wives in the \"MFTM\" group reported lower satisfaction than did those in the other groups.
Such findings shed light on the understudied heterogeneity that inherently exists in the within-couple patterning of gender-related attitudes and its implications for marital well-being in a Chinese cultural context.

On the basis of three annual waves of data obtained from 268 Chinese couples, we tested an actor-partner interdependence mediation model in which spouses\' neuroticism was linked to their own and partners\' marital satisfaction through both intrapersonal processes (i.e., marital attribution) and interpersonal processes (i.e., marital aggression). Considering intra- and interpersonal processes simultaneously, four indirect, mediating pathways were identified: Time 1 Wives\' Neuroticism → Time 2 Wives\' Attribution or Aggression, while controlling for Time 1 Wives\' Attribution or Aggression → Time 3 Wives\' or Husbands\' Marital Satisfaction, while controlling for Time 1 Wives\' or Husbands\' Marital Satisfaction. This study not only adds to a limited body of research examining why neuroticism is associated with conjugal well-being, but also extends prior research by focusing on Chinese couples and utilizing a longitudinal, dyadic mediation model. Such findings have important practical implications. Couples involving neurotic partners may benefit from interventions based on cognitive-behavioral approaches. When working with couples challenged by neuroticism, practitioners need to help them address dysfunctional interactive patterns as well as distorted cognitive styles.
Sobre la base de tres series de datos anuales obtenidos de 268 parejas chinas, evaluamos un modelo de mediación e interdependencia actor-pareja en el cual el neuroticismo de los cónyuges se conectó con su propia satisfacción conyugal y la de sus parejas mediante procesos intrapersonales (p. ej.: atribución conyugal) y procesos interpersonales (p. ej.: agresión conyugal). Teniendo en cuenta los procesos intrapersonales e interpersonales simultáneamente, se identificaron cuatro vías mediadoras indirectas: Serie 1: Neuroticismo de las esposas → Serie 2: Agresión o atribución de las esposas, mientras se controla la agresión o la atribución de las esposas de la serie 1 → Serie 3: Satisfacción conyugal de las esposas o los esposos, mientras se controla la satisfacción conyugal de las esposas o los esposos de la serie 1. Este estudio no solo aporta a las escasas investigaciones que analizan por qué el neuroticismo está asociado con el bienestar conyugal, sino que también amplía investigaciones previas centrándose en las parejas chinas y utilizando un modelo de mediación diádico y longitudinal. Dichos resultados tienen implicancias prácticas importantes. Las parejas que tienen compañeros neuróticos pueden beneficiarse con intervenciones basadas en enfoques cognitivo-conductuales. Cuando se trabaja con parejas afectadas por el neuroticismo, los médicos necesitan ayudarlas a abordar los patrones interactivos disfuncionales así como los estilos cognitivos distorsionados.
基于从268对中国夫妻中三年间得出的数据,我们测试了一个行动者-伴侣相互依赖调节模型。该模型中配偶神经质和其自身以及伴侣婚姻满意度通过个人过程(例如婚姻归属)和人际间过程(例如婚姻攻击性)相关联。同时考虑个人和人际间过程,我们确认了四个间接调节路径:第一时间段妻子的精神质→第二时间段妻子归属或攻击性,同时控制第一时间段妻子归属和攻击性→第三时间段妻子或丈夫婚姻满意度,同时控制第一时间段妻子或丈夫婚姻满意度。该研究不仅丰富了有关精神质为什么和婚姻质量相关的有限研究,而且通过着重于中国伴侣和使用纵向二元调节模型延伸之前研究。这些发现有重要的实际意义。伴侣有神经质问题的夫妻可以从基于认知行为方法的干预措施中获益。当应对面临神经质挑战的伴侣时,从业人员需要帮助他们处理功能紊乱互动模式以及扭曲认知风格。.