2015
To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults’ Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering
Monin JK, Levy BR, Kane HS. To Love is to Suffer: Older Adults’ Daily Emotional Contagion to Perceived Spousal Suffering. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2015, 72: 383-387. PMID: 26420167, PMCID: PMC5926986, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbv070.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional contagionMarital satisfactionOlder adultsGreater marital satisfactionSelf-construal theoryHigher marital satisfactionPerception of levelHusbands' distressPartners' sufferingWives' distressPerson associationsOwn distressPerson effectsDaily perceptionsPsychological healthOlder couplesPhysical sufferingDistressSatisfied wivesDaily interviewsSatisfactionPerceptionContagionAdultsSuffering
2011
Attachment orientation and reactions to anxiety expression in close relationships
MONIN J, FEENEY B, SCHULZ R. Attachment orientation and reactions to anxiety expression in close relationships. Personal Relationships 2011, 19: 535-550. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2011.01376.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnxiety expressionAttachment orientationsAvoidant attachmentEffective caregivingAnxious attachmentEmotional processesPartner's anxietyPersonal distressCaregiving behaviorMore angerNegative interpretationsEmotional reactionsHigher perceptionLower perceptionsPerceptionAnxietyCaregivingAngerAttachmentDistressStressorsClose relationshipOrientationAssociationFindings