## Metadata - Author: [[johanna-peetz|Johanna Peetz]] - Full Title:: How Your Attitudes to Money Could Be Affecting Your Relationship - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://psyche.co/ideas/how-your-attitudes-to-money-could-be-affecting-your-relationship?utm_source=rss-feed - Finished date:: [[2024-07-07]] ## Highlights > Relationship satisfaction tends to be [lower](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-020-00227-7) for those who highly value material possessions and wealth, as well as [those](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0265407521991663) who see their self-worth as contingent on their financial position. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j249t9174a1bvdg02ddyhqzt)) > As might be expected, individuals who reported strong money motives related to personal growth (eg, to feel pride, enrich leisure activities) tended to report feeling more satisfied with their relationships. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j249v7fmddp783058m2fn5h2)) > we also found that people who believed that their partner held money motives similar to theirs reported higher relationship satisfaction – regardless of the specific types of motives. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01j249vj1t9kq5gh635x13danp))