Love Under Duress: How Burnout Mediates the Relationship Between Partner Stress and the Perception of Romantic Partner Support

Aplin-Houtz, Matthew J.; Ajaiyeoba, Ifeyimika O.; Merrit, Stephanie

doi:10.2478/ijm-2024-0006

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Factor Loadings and Reliability

Construct	Item	Loading	AVE	CR	Cronbach’s α	R²	Q²
Burnout	BU1	0.715	0.612	0.917	0.894	0.253	0.209
	*BU2*	*0.611*
	BU3	0.849
	BU4	0.777
	*BU5*	*0.661*
	*BU6*	*0.602*
	BU7	0.752
	BU8	0.801
	BU9	0.768
	*BU10*	*0.629*
	*BU11*	*0.631*
	BU12	0.800
	*BU13*	*0.444*
	*BU14*	*0.562*
	BU15	0.722
	BU16	0.754
Social Support - Family	Fam1	0.895	0.841	0.955	0.937	NA	NA
	Fam2	0.924
	Fam3	0.938
	Fam4	0.911
Social Support - Friends	Fri1	0.926	0.864	0.962	0.947	NA	NA
	Fri2	0.946
	Fri3	0.920
	Fri4	0.926
Relationship Quality	RQ1	0.911	0.736	0.957	0.948	NA	NA
	RQ2	0.904
	RQ3	0.859
	RQ4	0.852
	RQ5	0.903
	RQ6	0.778
	RQ7	0.856
	RQ8	0.789
Resilience	Resil1	0.859	0.707	0.935	0.917	NA	NA
	Resil2	0.826
	Resil3	0.853
	Resil4	0.860
	Resil5	0.815
	Resil6	0.831
Informational Support	Info1	0.796	0.576	0.924	0.906	0.108	0.026
	Info2	0.789
	Info3	0.808
	Info4	0.824
	Info5	0.800
	Info6	0.829
	Info7	0.723
	*Info8*	*0.657*
	*Info9*	*0.562*
Physical Touch Support	PT1	0.913	0.840	0.940	0.905	0.195	0.130
	PT2	0.921
	PT3	0.915
Esteem Support	Esteem1	0.815	0.712	0.952	0.943	0.169	0.103
	Esteem2	0.857
	Esteem3	0.872
	Esteem4	0.856
	Esteem5	0.864
	Esteem6	0.823
	Esteem7	0.846
	Esteem8	0.813
Tangible Support	Tang1	0.809	0.766	0.942	0.924	0.161	0.097
	Tang2	0.846
	Tang3	0.914
	Tang4	0.912
	Tang5	0.891
Work-Family Conflict	WFC1	0.897	0.809	0.944	0.922	NA	NA
	WFC2	0.901
	WFC3	0.893
	WFC4	0.907
Family-Work Conflict	FWC1	0.885	0.806	0.943	0.920	NA	NA
	FWC2	0.890
	FWC3	0.887
	FWC4	0.927

Demographics

Age	N	%	Race	N	%
21-25	10	3.61	Asian	16	5.80
26-30	35	12.63	Black or African American	23	8.30
31-35	63	22.74	Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Origin	18	6.50
36-40	63	22.74	White or Caucasian	212	76.50
41-45	39	14.08	Multiracial or another	8	2.90
46-50	29	10.47	Education	N	%
51-55	16	5.77	< High School	1	0.40
56-60	14	5.05	High School/GED	52	18.80
61-65	3	1.08	Undergraduate	141	50.90
66-70	4	1.44	Graduate	68	24.50
71-75	0	0.00	Doctorate	15	5.40
75-81	1	0.36
Income	N	%
< $20,000	1	0.40
$20,000 to $34,999	23	8.30
$35,000 to $49,999	43	15.50
$50,000 to $74,999	85	30.70
$75,000 to $99,999	65	23.50
$100,000+	60	21.70

Descriptive Statistics

Variable Name	# Items	Scale	Source	When Sampled	Mean	SD	Normality	Test-Retest
Romantic Partner Stress	1	1-10	Custom Measure	T1	4.643	2.379	Non-normal (w = .962)	NA
Burnout (OLBI)	16	1-5	Martin and Hine (2005)	T1,T2	2.925	0.805	Normal (w = .991)	0.888
Romantic Partner Support	16	1-5	Dehle et al. (2001)	T1,T2
Esteem/Emotional	4	1-5			3.193	1.025	Non-normal (w = .974)	0.927
Physical Comfort	4	1-5			3.387	1.113	Non-normal (w = .954)	0.819
Informational	4	1-5			2.944	0.820	Non-normal (w = .987)	0.915
Tangible	4	1-5			3.239	1.070	Non-normal (w = .975)	0.910
Relationship Quality	15	1-5	Brkljačić et al. (2019)	T1	4.173	0.874	Non-normal (w = .852)	NA
Support from Friends	4	1-7	Cohen et al. (2004)	T1,T2	5.330	1.305	Normal (w = .911)	0.720
Support from Family	4	1-7	Cohen et al. (2004)	T1,T2	5.639	1.286	Non-normal (w = .869)	0.650
Work-Family Conflict	4	1-5	Bellavia and Frone (2005)	T1,T2	2.779	0.888	Normal (w = .980)	0.814
Family-Work Conflict	4	1-5	Bellavia and Frone (2005)	T1,T2	2.391	0.921	Non-normal (w = .957)	0.662
Resiliency	6	1-5	Smith et al. (2008)	T2	3.552	1.050	Non-normal (w = .911)	NA

Mediation Effects

	β	SD	T	P
Special Indirect Effects
H3a: StressRP -> BU -> Info	–0.055	0.028	2.002	0.045
H3b: StressRP -> BU -> PT	–0.061	0.025	2.458	0.014
H3c: StressRP -> BU -> Est	–0.061	0.025	2.418	0.016
H3d: StressRP -> BU -> Tang	–0.048	0.023	2.017	0.044
Total Effects
BU -> Est	–0.268	0.064	4.202	0.000
BU -> Info	–0.191	0.089	2.135	0.033
BU -> PT	–0.291	0.061	4.757	0.000
BU -> Tang	–0.211	0.065	3.253	0.001
StressRP -> BU	0.239	0.058	4.150	0.000
StressRP -> Est	–0.064	0.022	2.888	0.004
StressRP -> Info	– 0.046	0.025	1.816	0.069
StressRP -> PT	–0.070	0.023	3.067	0.002
StressRP -> Tang	–0.051	0.020	2.565	0.010

Direct Effects

	β	SD	T	P
Direct Effects
H1: Romantic Partner Stress -> Burnout	0.256	0.058	4.382	0.000
H2a:Burnout -> Informational Support	–0.232	0.101	2.316	0.021
H2b Burnout -> Physical Touch Support	–0.257	0.083	3.045	0.002
H2c Burnout -> Esteem Support	–0.257	0.079	3.208	0.001
H2d Burnout -> Tangible Support	–0.200	0.084	2.362	0.018
Controls
Age-> Informational Support	–0.125	0.085	1.517	0.129
Age -> Physical Touch Support	–0.180	0.060	2.960	0.003
Age -> Esteem Support	–0.219	0.058	3.699	0.000
Age -> Tangible Support	–0.190	0.062	3.036	0.002
Gender-> Informational Support	–0.043	0.067	0.613	0.540
Gender -> Physical Touch Support	0.100	0.057	1.741	0.082
Gender-> Esteem Support	0.001	0.056	0.010	0.992
Gender -> Tangible Support	0.013	0.070	0.192	0.847
Organizational Tenure -> Burnout	0.006	0.053	0.103	0.918
Relationship Tenure -> Romantic Partner Stress	0.035	0.055	0.641	0.522
Relationship Quality-> Romantic Partner Stress	–0.279	0.054	5.134	0.000
Resilience -> Burnout	–0.296	0.057	5.131	0.000
Family Support-> Informational Support	0.173	0.078	2.206	0.027
Family Support-> Physical Touch Support	0.154	0.082	1.876	0.061
Family Support-> Esteem Support	0.154	0.084	1.834	0.067
Family Support-> Tangible Support	0.225	0.080	2.804	0.005
Friend Support-> Informational Support	0.099	0.075	1.312	0.190
Friend Support-> Physical Touch Support	0.175	0.090	1.954	0.051
Friend Support-> Esteem Support	0.156	0.085	1.835	0.067
Friend Support-> Tangible Support	0.122	0.083	1.457	0.145
Work-Family Conflict-> Informational Support	0.100	0.106	0.862	0.388
Work-Family Conflict-> Physical Touch Support	–0.080	0.085	0.938	0.348
Work-Family Conflict-> Esteem Support	–0.082	0.083	0.980	0.327
Work-Family Conflict-> Tangible Support	0.070	0.089	0.753	0.452
Family-Work Conflict-> Informational Support	0.095	0.112	0.834	0.404
Family-Work Conflict-> Physical Touch Support	0.019	0.102	0.197	0.844
Family-Work Conflict-> Esteem Support	–0.013	0.101	0.115	0.908
Family-Work Conflict-> Tangible Support	–0.062	0.107	0.553	0.580

Discriminate Validity Analysis

Heterotrait-Monotrait Ratio
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Romantic Partner Support
1.Informational Support
2.Esteem Support	0.700
3. Physical Touch Support	0.617	0.795
4. Tangible Support	0.720	0.781	0.727
5. Romantic Partner Stress	0.063	0.148	0.171	0.106
6. Burnout	0.163	0.235	0.302	0.214	0.390
7. Family-Work Conflict	0.151	0.146	0.190	0.056	0.380	0.382
8. Social Support - Family	0.228	0.296	0.318	0.339	0.152	0.298	0.140
9. Social Support - Friends	0.214	0.346	0.353	0.325	0.155	0.393	0.171	0.663
10. Relationship Quality	0.390	0.570	0.651	0.459	0.276	0.466	0.347	0.423	0.436
11. Resilience	0.130	0.175	0.164	0.114	0.320	0.483	0.352	0.299	0.324	0.386
12. Work-Family Conflict	0.103	0.170	0.239	0.149	0.377	0.701	0.682	0.324	0.323	0.422	0.502
Fornell-larcker Criterion
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Romantic Partner Support
1. Informational Support	*0.759*
2. Esteem Support	0.654	*0.844*
3. Physical Touch Support	0.588	0.744	*0.917*
4. Tangible Support	0.672	0.732	0.670	*0.875*
5. Romantic Partner Stress	–0.030	–0.155	–0.163	–0.103	NA
6. Burnout	–0.142	–0.230	–0.275	–0.195	0.368	*0.782*
7. Family-Work Conflict	0.064	–0.150	–0.178	–0.038	0.366	0.348	*0.898*
8. Social Support - Family	0.227	0.292	0.298	0.322	–0.147	–0.272	–0.137	*0.917*
9. Social Support - Friends	0.214	0.338	0.329	0.305	–0.151	–0.361	–0.166	0.621	*0.929*
10. Relationship Quality	0.384	0.552	0.606	0.432	–0.277	–0.433	–0.331	0.404	0.413	*0.858*
11. Resilience	0.015	0.169	0.155	0.099	–0.309	–0.440	–0.317	0.280	0.304	0.366	*0.841*
12. Work-Family Conflict	–0.003	–0.172	–0.220	–0.135	0.365	0.636	0.630	–0.306	–0.305	–0.402	–0.465	*0.900*

Love Under Duress: How Burnout Mediates the Relationship Between Partner Stress and the Perception of Romantic Partner Support

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Factor Loadings and Reliability

Demographics

Descriptive Statistics

Mediation Effects

Direct Effects

Discriminate Validity Analysis

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