91亚色 U co-author of new study says 鈥楬appy spouse, happy house鈥� is more accurate than age-old adage 鈥榟appy wife, happy life鈥�

TORONTO, August 29, 2022 鈥� Changes in your relationship satisfaction today are linked to how satisfied you will feel down the road, says 91亚色 Psychology , who recently co-authored a study examining man-woman partnerships for satisfaction levels by analyzing daily diaries and other data collected over several years.

Findings of the international study recently published in the journal PNAS, , challenge the idea that women鈥檚 perceptions about their relationship are more consequential than men鈥檚, highlighting that partners influence each other in romantic relationships.

鈥淲e found that men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 relationship satisfaction were equally strong predictors of their own, and their partner鈥檚, next-day and next-year satisfaction,鈥� says Muise, who was among the international team of researchers that analyzed more than 50,000 relationship-satisfaction reports including a study of daily reports for up to 21 days by 901 mixed-gender couples, and another study of 3,405 mixed-gender couples鈥� reports, assessed annually across five years.

The first study combined nine daily diary data sets from Canada and the United States 鈥� adding up to 29,541 daily reports of relationship satisfaction. The second study analyzed five annual waves of data from the German Family Panel (pairfam), surveying 3,405 mixed-gender couples who provided 21,115 relationship-satisfaction reports.

鈥淩esults underscore the interdependence of romantic partners鈥� satisfaction and indicate that both men and women jointly shape romantic relationship satisfaction,鈥� adds Muise.

The idea that women are the 鈥榖arometers鈥� of relationships 鈥� that women鈥檚 relationship judgments are more predictive of partners鈥� future relationship satisfaction than men鈥檚 judgments 鈥� is a long-held view among laypeople and relationship researchers but it had not been directly tested, which is what led to the aforementioned study.

Based on their findings, it is time to retire the phrase 鈥榟appy wife, happy life鈥� and instead use 鈥榟appy spouse, happy house.鈥�

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