scholarly journals Correlation Between Marital Satisfaction and Subjective Well Being of Working Husbands With Working Wives

Author(s):  
C Evani ◽  
D Suryadi
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marialena Kostouli ◽  
Despoina Xanthopoulou ◽  
Christina Athanasiades

The aim of this dyadic study was to investigate whether the economic strain (i.e., perceived deterioration of the financial situation and difficulty to respond to family obligations) experienced by married couples with children relates to their satisfaction with life, and whether marital satisfaction and parental self-efficacy mediate this relationship. To this end, we took both actor (i.e., partners' economic strain was expected to relate to their own life satisfaction via their own marital satisfaction and parental self-agency), as well as partner (i.e., partners' economic strain was expected to relate to their spouses' life satisfaction via their spouse's marital satisfaction and parental self-agency) effects into account. A total of 134 married couples with children participated in the study. Dyadic analyses revealed that wives’ perceived difficulty to respond to family obligations related to their husbands’ life satisfaction, via their husbands’ parental self-agency. Moreover, annual family income related negatively to wives’ life satisfaction, via wives’ difficulty to respond to their family obligations. In addition, husbands’ deterioration of their financial situation related negatively to their life satisfaction, via their marital satisfaction. Last but not least, husbands’ deterioration of their financial situation related negatively to their wives’ marital satisfaction and parental self-agency. These findings have important implications for counseling because they suggest that married couples' subjective well-being suffers in times of financial turmoil, while gender differences determine the psychological processes through which economic strain relates to husbands' and wives' life satisfaction.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Chełchowska

In recent decades, the issue of life quality and its determinants has been increasingly discussed in the scientific literature. One of the key determinants of subjective well-being is the fact of being in a relationship (formal or not) as well as its quality. The results of analyzes for other countries show that people who have a partner have a higher subjective well-being than people who do not live with their spouse, while divorced people have the lowest (and the highest level of depression). In addition to being in a relationship, its quality is also important: people more satisfied with marriage declare greater well-being than those less satisfied. The aim of the study is to analyze quality of life (expressed in terms of well-being and depression) among older people in Poland, putting emphasis on their individual (e.g. age, sex, health status, level of education) and household (financial situation) characteristics. Importantly, the analysis takes into account the quality of the marriage approximated by the satisfaction with marriage declared by both spouses separately. For the purposes of this study I use data of ‘Social Diagnosis’ study carried out in 2015 in Poland. The final sample was limited to partnered older people aged 65+. Basic individual socio-demographic and economic as well as household characteristics were controlled for. The results show that older partnered men in Poland have higher subjective well-being than older partnered women. Also, older partnered men report significantly higher levels of marital satisfaction than older partnered women do. Moreover, it should be underlined that higher levels of marital satisfaction among older spouses may be beneficial for their own quality of life expressed by well-being and depression. Thus, better opinion about marriage may increase subjective well-being and decrease depression level. However, this relationship is different for older partnered men and women. Positive relationship between marital satisfaction and well-being is stronger for partnered women when subjective well-being is taken into account and for men when well-being is understood as depression level.


2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Scorsolini-Comin ◽  
Manoel Antônio dos Santos

This study aimed to investigate the relationships between the constructs subjective well-being (SWB), dyadic adjustment (DA) and marital satisfaction (MS). Participants were 106 married Brazilians, of both sexes, with a mean age of 42 (± 11) years. Instruments used for the sociodemographic characterization and socioeconomic classification were the Subjective Well-being Scale (SWBS), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) and the Marital Satisfaction Scale (MSS). Through the analysis of correlations and of stepwise multiple regression, it was verified that all the factors of the dyadic adjustment showed correlation with the marital satisfaction. The satisfaction with life (factor of the SWBS) and dyadic satisfaction (factor of the DAS), were positively and significantly correlated (r = .20; p = .04), which reveals that people who say they are satisfied with life in different domains also do so in relation to the marital experience.


Author(s):  
Mykolaichuk M.I. ◽  
Koretska N.V.

Purpose. The aim of the article is theoretical and empirical study of the indicators of marital satisfaction in young families in connection with the parameters of emotional intelligence.Methods. The following questionnaires were used for the research: the scale of family adaptation and cohesion (D. Olson, J. Porter, I. Lavi), the questionnaire “Satisfaction with marriage” (V. Stolin, T. Romanova, G. Butenko), the scale of marital satisfaction (D. Olson), the questionnaire “Emotional Intelligence” by D. Lucin and the questionnaire “Emotional Intelligence”, J. Mayer – P. Selovey – D. Caruso. Methods of processing empirical data were: descriptive analysis, Pearson’s correlation analysis, comparative analysis by Kraskel-Wallis.Results. The study involved 110 married people who are in the young family stage. It was found that the marital satisfaction of the subjects varies from medium to high. Relationships are characterized by mergers, loyalty, the desire for intimacy in the future, as well as the flexibility of the system of rules.It has been found that there is a significant correlation between subjective well-being in a marriage and the level of emotional intelligence. People who are better able to perceive, identify and evaluate emotions, as well as those who are able to recognize emotions, will have a higher level of marital satisfaction. Marital satisfaction rates are significantly higher in subjects with a medium level of emotional intelligence, but do not differ in subjects with low and high levels of EI.Conclusions. The study proved that the level of emotional intelligence is a significant correlate of marital satisfaction. Higher satisfaction rates are inherent in individuals who evaluate their own ideas about the ability to understand and manage emotions, both their own and others’, as average. It has been shown that influencing the emotional intelligence of young families can influence more realistic expectations of marital relationships and thus increase marital satisfaction, which is an important prognostic factor in maintaining a family.Key words: marital satisfaction, emotional competence, family adaptation, family cohesion, statistical analysis. Метою статті є теоретичне обґрунтування й емпіричне вивчення показників задоволеності шлюбом у молодих сім’ях у зв’язку з параметрами емоційного інтелекту.Методи. Для дослідження було використано такі методики, як шкала сімейної адаптації та згурто-ваності (Д. Олсон, Дж. Портер, І. Лаві), методика «Задоволеність шлюбом» (В. Столін, Т. Романова, Г. Бутенко), шкала подружньої задоволеності (Д. Олсон), опитувальник «Емоційний інтелект» Д. Люсіна та методика «Емоційний інтелект», Дж. Майєр – П. Селовей – Д. Карузо. Для оброблення емпіричних даних використано дискриптивний, кореляційний аналіз за критерієм Спірмена, порівняльний аналіз за критерієм Краскела-Уолісса.Результати. У дослідженні взяли участь 110 одружених осіб, котрі перебувають на етапі молодої сім’ї.Виявлено, що подружня задоволеність досліджуваних варіює від середньої до високої. Стосунки характеризуються злиттям, лояльністю, прагненням до близькості в майбутньому, а також до гнучкості системи правил.З’ясовано, що існує прямий значущий кореляційний зв’язок між суб’єктивним благополуччям у подружжі та рівнем емоційного інтелекту. Вищий рівень подружнього задоволення буде в осіб, які краще здатні сприймати, ідентифікувати й оцінювати емоції, а також тих, хто здатен розпізнавати емоції, що сприяють більш ефективному виконанню різних діяльностей.Показники подружньої задоволеності суттєво вищі у досліджуваних із середнім рівнем емоційного інтелекту, проте не відрізняються у досліджуваних із низьким і високим рівнем ЕІ.Висновки. Упроведеному дослідженні доведено, що показники емоційного інтелекту є корелятами подружньої задоволеності. Вищі показники задоволеності притаманні особам, які оцінюють власні уявлення про здатність до розуміння та керування емоціями, як власними, так і чужими, як середні.Доведено, що, впливаючи на розвиток параметрів емоційного інтелекту членів молодих сімей, можна вплинути на більш реалістичні очікування щодо подружніх стосунків, збільшити рівень задоволеності шлюбом, що є важливим прогностичним чинником збереження сім’ї.Ключові слова: подружня задоволеність, емоційна компетентність, сімейна адаптація, сімейна згуртованість, статистичний аналіз.


GeroPsych ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lia Oberhauser ◽  
Andreas B. Neubauer ◽  
Eva-Marie Kessler

Abstract. Conflict avoidance increases across the adult lifespan. This cross-sectional study looks at conflict avoidance as part of a mechanism to regulate belongingness needs ( Sheldon, 2011 ). We assumed that older adults perceive more threats to their belongingness when they contemplate their future, and that they preventively react with avoidance coping. We set up a model predicting conflict avoidance that included perceptions of future nonbelonging, termed anticipated loneliness, and other predictors including sociodemographics, indicators of subjective well-being and perceived social support (N = 331, aged 40–87). Anticipated loneliness predicted conflict avoidance above all other predictors and partially mediated the age-association of conflict avoidance. Results suggest that belongingness regulation accounts may deepen our understanding of conflict avoidance in the second half of life.


GeroPsych ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Kaliterna Lipovčan ◽  
Tihana Brkljačić ◽  
Zvjezdana Prizmić Larsen ◽  
Andreja Brajša-Žganec ◽  
Renata Franc

Abstract. Research shows that engagement in leisure activities promotes well-being among older adults. The objective of the current study was to examine the relationship between subjective well-being (flourishing) and leisure activities (total number of different activities in the previous year) in a sample of older adults in Croatia, thereby considering the variables of sex, marital status, financial status, and self-perceived health. The differences in the examined variables between the groups of older adults who reported to be engaged in new activities with those who did not were also examined. The sample of N = 169 older adults aged 60 years and above was drawn from a convenience sample of adult internet users in Croatia. Participants reported their self-perceived health and the number of leisure activities they engaged in over the previous year as well as completing the Flourishing Scale. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that older adults who were engaged in more various leisure activities, who perceived better financial status, and who were married reported higher levels of flourishing. A comparison of the two groups of older adults with and without engagement in leisure activities showed that those engaged in at least one leisure activity were more likely to be women, reported higher levels of flourishing, and perceived their own financial status as better. This study indicated that engaging in leisure activities in later life might provide beneficial effects for the well-being of older adults.


GeroPsych ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina Röcke ◽  
Annette Brose

Whereas subjective well-being remains relatively stable across adulthood, emotional experiences show remarkable short-term variability, with younger and older adults differing in both amount and correlates. Repeatedly assessed affect data captures both the dynamics and stability as well as stabilization that may indicate emotion-regulatory processes. The article reviews (1) research approaches to intraindividual affect variability, (2) functional implications of affect variability, and (3) age differences in affect variability. Based on this review, we discuss how the broader literature on emotional aging can be better integrated with theories and concepts of intraindividual affect variability by using appropriate methodological approaches. Finally, we show how a better understanding of affect variability and its underlying processes could contribute to the long-term stabilization of well-being in old age.


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