Research: Gratitude Protects Couples From The Stress Of Daily Life
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- 16 Mar 2023
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When romantic couples face the stresses of daily life, the strain of it all can take its toll.
If you find yourself struggling under the pressures of life whilst simultaneously juggling a romantic relationship, then gratitude for your partner and from your partner might be one of the tools that will help you bounce through it all.
Gratitude matters
Appreciation is a vital ingredient of all happy relationships, including romantic relationships. After all, someone choosing to share in the highs and lows of the journey, can only sustain their commitment long-term if they appreciate you and feel you appreciate them.
But aside from feeling good and ‘right’ exactly how does gratitude/appreciation help our romantic relationships?
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Allen W. Barton, and fellow researchers, have shed some light on the importance of gratitude by looking at a sample of married and cohabiting couples in long-term relationships*.
Unlike in prior research, the group of participants for this study were selected partially for the likelihood of existing and future daily stressors that one might not find in a more financially privileged set of predominantly white couples.
Using mostly employed couples in relatively poor financial circumstances who were also ethnic minorities (which can bring stressors such as the experience of prejudice and microaggressions), the researchers looked at the effects of appreciation.
When it comes to couples in long-term romantic relationships, does expressed gratitude (being appreciative) have the same effects as perceived gratitude (feeling appreciated), on buffering them from the negative effects of ineffective arguing and financial strain as indicated by both current and long-term relationship health indicators? Let’s see. Read More…
