Kayla Green amp Amanda Kellar Hanover College Once Upon a Time There was a guy named Steve Steve had a girlfriend named Sally and they loved drinking together with friends On any given night Steve and Sally would be having a great time until something went wrong and they began to fight S ID: 760689
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The Effects of Alcohol on Relationship Satisfaction
Kayla Green & Amanda Kellar
Hanover College
Slide2Once Upon a Time…
There was a guy named Steve. Steve had a girlfriend named Sally and they loved drinking together with friends. On any given night Steve and Sally would be having a great time until something went wrong and they began to fight. Steve would then punch the wall and Sally would run out of the room crying. The next day Steve and Sally would say “I’m sorry, I love you, I was
drunk”.
Where have you heard this story before?
Who here knows a Steve or Sally?
Slide3Drinking Relationship Satisfaction
Trust JealousyConflict and Aggression
Slide4Alcohol Myopia
An increase in jealousy, mistrust, and conflict between couples while drinking can be linked to
alcohol myopia
which is, “a lack of foresight or discernment: a narrow view of something [while drinking]”
(Hacker, 2011)
Explanation of how alcohol makes social responses more extreme.
(Steele and Josephs, 1990)
Slide5Jealousy
A cognitive, emotional, and behavioral response that occurs when the existence and/or quality of a person’s primary relationship is perceived as being threatened by a third party (White&Mullen, 1989) Alcohol consumption may increase the possibility of one-night stands or other unfaithful actions. On the perceivers end it could make them more likely to jump to conclusions and increase suspicion.
Slide6Trust
Trust defined using three factorsPredictability: The confidence you have in your partner’s ability to be reliable.Dependability: The assurance you have in your partner in case of unforeseen potential hurt.Faith: The feeling of certainty that your partner will be responsive and caring in the face of an uncertain future.(Rempel et.al 1985)
Slide7Conflict
MacDonald et al. (1999)Romantic partners randomly assigned to consume alcohol or not and then argue about a topic. Intoxicated participants reported more negative emotion surrounding the conflict and a more negative perceptionof their partner’s feelings. Intoxicated participants also blamed their partners more for the conflict incident
Slide8Hypotheses
Higher levels of alcohol consumption will be found with lower levels of relationship satisfaction.
This relation will be mediated by jealousy, conflict, and mistrust.
Slide9Participants
Hanover College students currently in a relationship.
Every third student from the Hanover College population was randomly selected.
N= 70 total responses
Approximately 2 were omitted
Male: N=15 Female: N= 55
Slide10Method Overview
Recruit participants by email
Informed consent
Online survey (Labeled “College Experiences”)
Total number of questions: 46
Demographics: 4
Alcohol consumption: 4
Jealousy: 12
Conflict: 10
Trust: 9
Relationship Satisfaction: 7
Debriefing form
Slide11Alcohol Consumption
Wechsler
et al.
(2002
)
“What is the number of times you have drank alcohol in the last 2 weeks?”
“How many drinks do you typically have when you do drink?”
Calculated a measure of consumption based on (Frequency x Amount)
Slide12Jealousy Scale
Pfeiffer (1989
)
“I suspect my partner
is secretly seeing someone of the opposite sex.”
“I worry that someone of the opposite sex may be chasing after my partner
.”
alpha = 0.85
Slide13Revised Conflict Scale
Straus
et al. (1979
)
“I respect my partner’s feelings.” (reversed)
“I have shouted at my partner.”
alpha = 0.66
Slide14Trust Scale
Rempel
et al. (1985
)
“My partner has proven to be trustworthy and I am willing to let him/her engage in activities which other partners find too threatening.”
“I am never certain that my partner won’t do something that I dislike or will embarrass me.” (reversed)
alpha = 0.83
Slide15Relationship Satisfaction Scale
Burns (1993
)
“I am satisfied with the communication within my relationship.”
“I am satisfied with the openness within my relationship.”
alpha
= 0.83
Slide16Mediation Analysis
This is a way to test whether the relationship between two variables X and Y can be explained by a third variable M.
(David Kenny, 2012)
Slide17Alcohol Consumption
RelationshipSatisfaction
Trust
-.001
0.76**
** p<.001
.003
Relationship
Satisfaction
Alcohol Consumption
Conflict
.003
-.89 **
.003
Relationship
Satisfaction
Alcohol Consumption
Jealousy
.001
-.46 **
.0031
Mediation Results
Slide18Scatter Plot
Slide19Limitations
The length of relationship was low.
College sample
The
measure of alcohol consumption is limited by
self-report.
Our questions were directed towards the opposite sex. Did not leave room for homosexual relationships.
Putting a time frame such as “in the last 2 weeks” may have hurt our data.
Slide20Future Direction
There may be a threshold or tipping point of alcohol consumption where it starts to negatively impact relationships. More participants who consume alcohol on a regular basis and in higher frequencies may deliver more compelling results.
Slide21Questions?
Slide22Histogram