Date of Award:

5-2024

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Human Development and Family Studies

Committee Chair(s)

Ryan B. Seedall

Committee

Ryan B. Seedall

Committee

Spencer Bradshaw

Committee

Jaclyn Craven

Abstract

In this master’s thesis, I conducted a quantitative study using data from 190 individuals in a committed couple relationship where at least one partner is dealing with problematic pornography use to better understand the relationship of blame and maladaptive guilt/ shame with couple communication patterns and couple satisfaction. All 190 individuals independently completed an online anonymous questionnaire consisting of various quantitative assessments measuring my study variables (e.g., blame, maladaptive guilt/ shame, couple communication, couple satisfaction, problematic pornography use).

I used an individual data analysis to examine how study variables related to individual outcomes. The first analysis revealed that general blame and general maladaptive guilt/ shame was significantly associated with less constructive communication, blame was significantly associated to higher self-demand/partner-withdraw behavior, and both maladaptive guilt/ shame and blame was significantly associated to higher partner-demand/self-withdraw behavior. The second analysis highlighted that maladaptive guilt/ shame was significantly associated with less couple satisfaction.

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