The role of psychological resources in the affective well-being of never-married adults

We compared psychological resources between heterosexual never-married and married adults and their group-specific role in positive and negative affect after controlling for social resources. Although never-married respondents scored slightly lower than married adults on social resources and affective well-being, the two groups were comparable on psychological resources. Moderated regression analysis indicated that psychological resources were more strongly related to negative affect for never-married than married adults. In addition, never-married respondents with lower personal mastery scored higher on negative affect than did married adults, and higher levels of self-sufficiency contributed to lower negative affect for never-married adults but to higher negative affect among married individuals. Psychological resources appear to have a differential role in shaping negative affect between never-married and married individuals.

Title	The role of psychological resources in the affective well-being of never-married adults
Creator	Bookwala, Jamila
Creator	Fekete, E.
Publisher	Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Academic Department	Psychology
Division	Social Sciences
Organization	Lafayette College
Date Issued	2009
Date Available	2015-05-29T20:34:57Z
Type	Article
Language	English
Keyword	psychological resources
	marital status
	positive affect
	negative affect
	never-married adults
Bibliographic Citation	Bookwala, J. and E. Fekete (2009) "The role of psychological resources in the affective well-being of never-married adults." 26 (4): 411-428.
Standard Identifier	Handle 10385/1967
Standard Identifier	DOI 10.1177/0265407509339995
Permalink	http://hdl.handle.net/10385/1967
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Rights Holders	SAGE Publications