Showing papers by "Eddie M. Clark published in 2021"
TL;DR: This paper examined the role of social and religious resources in the association between marital status and depressive symptoms among a national probability sample of predominantly midlife and older adults, and found that they were positively associated with depression.
Abstract: We examined the gendered role of social and religious resources in the association between marital status and depressive symptoms among a national probability sample of predominantly midlife and ol...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated whether social support mediates the relationship between personality traits and physical functioning among African Americans over 2.5 years and found that social support mediated the relationship.
Abstract: The present study investigates whether social support mediates the relationship between personality traits and physical functioning among African Americans over 2.5 years. Data were collected from ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a longitudinal design to investigate how the four types of expected relational self-change affect future relationship satisfaction and commitment, and found that participants had higher expected self-changes than their actual selfchanges after three months.
Abstract: The Two-Dimensional Model of Relational Self-change (TDM) suggests four types of self-change that may be elicited by romantic relationships: self-expansion, self-adulteration, self-pruning, and self-contraction. Previous research has shown that these four types of relational self-change were associated with relational outcomes. Prior research has also shown that positive illusions and expectations in romantic relationships can lead to positive relational outcomes. The current study used a longitudinal design to investigate how the four types of expected relational self-change affect future relationship satisfaction and commitment. Results indicated that participants had higher expected self-changes than their actual self-changes after three months, but their expected self-changes and actual self-changes were correlated. At Time 1 of their relationship, participants' relationship satisfaction and commitment were related to their expected self-changes. However, controlling for Time 1 relationship satisfaction and commitment, expected self-changes predicted commitment, but not relationship satisfaction, three months later.