Relationships between management of money, dyadic adjustment and marital conflict

Authors

  • Claudia Mara Bosetto Cenci Professora de Psicologia na Faculdade Meridional – IMED. Endereço para correspondência: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 - Prédio 11, 9º andar, sala 924, Porto Alegre, RS – Brasil. CEP 90619900
  • Clarissa Pinto Pizarro Freitas Professora do Pós-Graduação de Psicologia na Universidade Salgado de Oliveira – UNIVERSO.
  • Luísa Fernanda Habigzang Professora do Pós-Graduação de Psicologia na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/ctc.2018.112.01

Abstract

The exercise of conjugality is complex and requires an emotional and financial investment from the spouses. This article is the result of an empirical study with a quantitative design. The relationships between the meanings of money, money management, dyadic adjustment and marital conflict were investigated in a Brazilian sample of 246 married individuals. The positive meaning given to money was positively related to shared money management system, greater dyadic adjustment and lower indices of conflict between the couples. Couples that used the shared money management system presented greater dyadic adjustment and lower indices of conflict. On the other hand, the levels dyadic adjustment and conflict between the couples were similar between total management of expenditures system and independent money management system. The shared money management system may be classified as a positive way for couples managing their finances.

Keywords: meaning and management of money, dyadic adjustment, marital conflict.

Author Biographies

Claudia Mara Bosetto Cenci, Professora de Psicologia na Faculdade Meridional – IMED. Endereço para correspondência: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681 - Prédio 11, 9º andar, sala 924, Porto Alegre, RS – Brasil. CEP 90619900

Professora de Psicologia na Faculdade Meridional – IMED

Clarissa Pinto Pizarro Freitas, Professora do Pós-Graduação de Psicologia na Universidade Salgado de Oliveira – UNIVERSO.

Pós-Graduação de Psicologia na Universidade Salgado de Oliveira – UNIVERSO

Luísa Fernanda Habigzang, Professora do Pós-Graduação de Psicologia na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

Pós-Graduação de Psicologia na  Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

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Published

2018-08-09

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2018): May-Aug

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