Answering the ethical call of the other: A test of the Strong Relationality Model of Relationship Flourishing

Nathan D. Wood; Stephen T. Fife; Kenneth J. Parnell; D. Bruce Ross

doi:10.1111/jmft.12614

Answering the ethical call of the other: A test of the Strong Relationality Model of Relationship Flourishing

Nathan D. Wood
, Stephen T. Fife
, Kenneth J. Parnell
, D. Bruce Ross

Family Sciences

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Abstract

The philosophical framework of strong relationality has gained greater attention in scholarship and yet empirically testing models built on this important framework are rare. The present study tests predictions made by the Strong Relationality Model of Relationship Flourishing (SRM), which centers on the role of Ethical Responsiveness for relationship health. In doing so, we introduce common fate modeling as a methodological approach for strong relationality research. We used longitudinal data from 1512 couples collected as part of the German longitudinal panel study of families. Results support the Strong Relationality Model's prediction that Ethical Responsiveness (as measured by perceived partner support) positively alters the impact of stress on Gratitude-Recognition (elements of the Responsible Action domain of the SRM), which then increases couples' intimacy (an element of the Relational-Connectivity domain of the SRM). Recommendations for clinical assessment and intervention are given as well as recommendations for future research on the Strong Relationality Model.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	186-204
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
Volume	49
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12614
State	Published - Jan 2023

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© 2022 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Funding

This article uses data from the German Family Panel (pairfam), coordinated by Josef Brüderl, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Franz J. Neyer, and Sabine Walper. Pairfam is funded as a long-term project by the German Research Foundation (DFG). This article uses data from the German Family Panel (pairfam), coordinated by Josef Brüderl, Sonja Drobnič, Karsten Hank, Franz J. Neyer, and Sabine Walper. Pairfam is funded as a long‐term project by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Funders
German Family Panel
California Department of Fish and Game
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Keywords

MFT as a profession
classical
couples
populations
practice development
professional/practice issues
theory/model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Sociology and Political Science

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