@article{ref1,
title="The highs and lows of love: romantic relationship quality moderates whether spending time with one's partner predicts gains or losses in well-being",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2020",
author="Hudson, Nathan W. and Lucas, Richard E. and Donnellan, M. Brent",
volume="46",
number="4",
pages="572-589",
abstract="Previous research suggests both relationship status and relationship quality correlate with well-being. The present study extended these findings in three ways. First, we benchmarked individuals with various-quality relationships against uncoupled people to determine whether even low-quality relationships are associated with greater well-being than being unpartnered. Second, research suggests global well-being (e.g., life satisfaction) and experiential well-being (e.g., momentary affect) oftentimes have different predictors. Thus, we tested whether individuals report greater experiential well-being while with their partners. Finally, we examined whether daily time invested into one's relationship predicted well-being. <br><br>RESULTS indicated that being in a romantic relationship, interacting with one's partner, and investing greater time into the relationship all predicted greater well-being. However, these effects were moderated by relationship quality, such that being in even relatively neutral relationships and interacting therein were associated with lower well-being than being unpartnered.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167219867960",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167219867960"
}