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Feeling Entrapped in Relationships: A Dyadic Model of Entrapment, Obsessive Distrust, Relationship Satisfaction, and Gender Asymmetry
This study examined associations among entrapment, obsessive distrust, and relationship satisfaction using the Actor–Partner Interdependence Mediation Model within a Family Systems framework. Data from 467 couples (N = 934) indicated that entrapment predicted greater obsessive distrust and lower relationship satisfaction at the actor level. Obsessive distrust predicted lower actor and partner relationship satisfaction. An asymmetric partner effect also emerged: males’ entrapment predicted females’ obsessive distrust, whereas the reverse effect was nonsignificant. These findings underscore dyadic interdependence and gender-specific relational patterns.
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