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Variables that are consistently associated with worse relationship quality
KEY CONCEPTS
- The quality of your relationships can impact your mental health, physical health, and life expectancy.
- Aspects of your connection and what each of you brings to it might have an impact on its quality.
- To strengthen your relationship, pay greater attention to your spouse as if you were seeing them for the first time.
Few things have as much of an impact on your long-term satisfaction as the quality of your love relationship. It can have an impact on your emotional and physical health, as well as how long you live. It's safe to say that the quality of your connection might be life or death.
The first group of predictors concerned the connection itself.
Factors Affecting Relationships
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members:
An uncommitted relationship
Knowing that your spouse is in it for the long haul gives you a sense of security and stability. When you are concerned that they are about to go, your relationship suffers.
A lack of gratitude for one's partner
In healthy relationships, partners consider themselves fortunate to be together. The connection weakens when appreciation is poor.
Low sexual satisfaction
When your sex life suffers, so does the quality of your relationships. The frequency of sex was less consistently associated with relationship quality, suggesting that the quality of sex is more significant than the amount.A dissatisfied partner
It's a wonderful sensation to know that your spouse is content in the relationship. When they appear unhappy, it might raise a slew of concerns about the health and future of your relationship.
A lot of conflicts
I don't know anyone who loves fighting with their spouse, and a lot of conflicts can rapidly suck the fun out of a relationship.
An unresponsive spouse
Even if they disagree with you, a responsive partner appears to understand you and respects your opinions and feelings. It's upsetting when your partner doesn't appear to understand or appreciate you.
What each spouse gave to the partnership was the only remaining predictor of relationship quality.
Dissatisfaction with life
If you're dissatisfied with life in general, you'll regard your love connection in a negative light.
Depression
On a similar topic, people who are depressed report having a lower-quality connection. It's possible that unhealthy relationships contribute to depression.
Negative affect
Other negative emotions, such as a lot of anger or irritation, have been associated with poor relationship quality. A terrible relationship, like depression, may exacerbate unpleasant feelings.
Attachment style
Both anxious and avoidant attachment types are significantly predictive of poor relationship quality. An anxious attachment is concerned that their partner will abandon them; an avoidant attachment is worried that their partner will become too close.
It's worth noting that demographic variables like color, gender, and religious affiliation tended not to influence relationship quality; the same was true for objective relationship features like having children vs. being child-free, living together or apart, and dating or being married.
How to Improve Your Relationship
The review's findings offer many approaches to improving the quality of a problematic relationship
Develop gratitude for your mate
Pay greater attention to your spouse and look at them as though for the first time. Look for opportunities to show thanks for specific characteristics of their personality or actions (general signs of appreciation have less impact).
Improve your bedroom technique
Do some study on how to sexually please your lover. Be open to telling your lover what you require sexually.
Improve your relationship with your partner
Look for modest ways to simplify their lives, such as completing a task for them or lending a sympathetic ear (with your phone out of sight). Knowing their content will boost your own feelings about the connection.
Find happiness in your life
Look for methods to get additional rewards each day, both from enjoyable activities and from actions that provide a sense of success. A little goes a long way.
Get help for your depression
Follow a self-help book, use an evidence-based app, go to counseling, or consult with your doctor about medication (it may be a good idea to ask about possible sexual side effects). When you find techniques to enhance your mood, your relationship is likely to improve.Go to treatment
Consider investing time and money in working with a professional, either alone or as a pair. Both ways can lead to a happy partnership.
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