Metadata
- Author: 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 for those who highly value material possessions and wealth, as well as those who see their self-worth as contingent on their financial position. (View Highlight)
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)
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)