Individual Well-Being and Relationship Maintenance at Odds

Partner aggression negatively affects well-being in ways that the people experiencing aggression may not expect. Individuals ( n = 171) who reported aggression by their current partner completed a longitudinal study. At the start of the study, participants rated their current happiness and how happy they expected to feel if their relationship were to end. The data revealed a partner aggression–unhappiness link and evidence of misforecasting...