Beyond the Individual: A 25-year Systematic Review of the Actor–Partner Interdependence Model in Longitudinal Dyadic Research Across Disciplines and Contexts

Fereshteh Mohammadzadeh Yazd, Hui Foh Foong, Rahimah Ibrahim, Puvaneswaran Kunasekaran, Social Gerontology Laboratory, Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing , Universiti Putra Malaysia, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Published online on April 15, 2026

Abstract

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The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) has become a foundational framework for analyzing dyadic data, but systematic reviews synthesizing how longitudinal APIM has been applied across disciplines and populations are limited. This systematic review ...