Health-Promoting Behaviors, Relationship Satisfaction, and Resilience Among a Community Sample

No known studies have examined the relationship between health-promoting behaviors, relationship satisfaction, and resilience among a community sample. Participants included 237 individuals in a romantic relationship. Health-promoting behaviors were measured using the health-promoting lifestyle profile II (HPLP-II; Walker et al., 1987); resilience was measured using the brief resilience scale (Smith et al., 2008); and relationship satisfaction with the Kansas marital satisfaction scale (Schumm et al., 1986). Results indicated that relationship satisfaction is significantly, positively related to all six domains of the HPLP-II, with strongest correlations found between relationship satisfaction and stress management (r = 0.508), interpersonal relations (r = 0.415), and spiritual growth (r = 0.296). Resilience is significantly, positively related to all HPLP-II domains except for health responsibility, again with strongest correlations found between spiritual growth (r = 0.450), stress management (r = 0.359), and interpersonal relations (r = 0.333). Implications for marriage and family therapists and healthcare providers are discussed.