Editing Intimate relationship (section)

=== Stress ===
Stress that occurs both within and outside an intimate relationship—including financial issues, familial obligations, and stress at work—can negatively impact the quality of the relationship.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Finkel |first1=Eli J. |last2=Simpson |first2=Jeffry A. |last3=Eastwick |first3=Paul W. |date=2017-01-03 |title=The Psychology of Close Relationships: Fourteen Core Principles |url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-psych-010416-044038 |journal=Annual Review of Psychology |language=en |volume=68 |issue=1 |pages=383–411 |doi=10.1146/annurev-psych-010416-044038 |pmid=27618945 |s2cid=207567096 |issn=0066-4308|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Stress depletes the psychological resources that are crucial for developing and maintaining a healthy relationship. Rather than spending energy investing in the relationship through shared activities, sex and physical intimacy, and healthy communication, couples under stress are forced to use their psychological resources to manage other pressing issues.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Karney |first1=Benjamin R. |title=The Oxford handbook of close relationships |last2=Neff |first2=Lisa A. |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2013 |editor-last=Simpson |editor-first=J.A. |pages=664–684 |chapter=Couples and stress: How demands outside a relationship affect intimacy within the relationship |doi= |editor-last2=Campbell |editor-first2=L.}}</ref> Low [[socioeconomic status]] is a particularly salient stressful context that constrains an individual's ability to invest in maintaining a healthy intimate relationship. Couples with lower socioeconomic status are at risk for experiencing increased rates of dissolution and lower relationship satisfaction.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Karney |first=Benjamin R. |date=2021 |title=Socioeconomic Status and Intimate Relationships |journal=Annual Review of Psychology |language=en |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=391–414 |doi=10.1146/annurev-psych-051920-013658 |issn= |pmc= 8179854|pmid= 32886585|s2cid=221503060 }}</ref>