6533b7d4fe1ef96bd1262811
RESEARCH PRODUCT
Global Perspective on Marital Satisfaction
Maryanne L. FisherMarta BłażejewskaCarla BoscMarina ButovskayaAndero TerasEvrim GülbetekinIvan Sarmány-schullerPiotr SorokowskiRitu TripathiKarolina HansenJean Carlos NatividadeBarış ÖZenerKhadijeh Moradi QezeliOluyinka OjedokunDaria DronovaTakeshi HamamuraAslıhan Hamamcıoğlu AkkayaAlejandra Del Carmen Domínguez EspinosaFívia De Araújo LopesSvjetlana SalkičevićAna Paula RelvasAgnieszka SabiniewiczAnu RealoMamta TripathiIvana HromatkoAshley K. RandallBawo O. JamesSeda DuralRaffaella IafrateJoseph Mpeera NtayiRocio MartinezMaria Emília YamamotoMuhammad RizwanNachiketa TripathiFahd A. DileymNatalya MolodovskayaM. S. Omar-fauzeeAnna PaluszakAgata Groyecka-bernardAlda PortugalDaniel DavidNina SutresnaAgnieszka SorokowskaAgnieszka SorokowskaFırat KoçEdna Lúcia Tinoco PoncianoNorbert MeskóOana A. DavidGuy BodenmannFelipe Nalon CastroIke E. OnyishiZahrasadat MotahariAnna Marta Maria BertoniDenisa ŠUkolováHakan CetinkayaTiago BortoliniAnna KrasnodębskaMeri TadinacFeng JiangEftychia StamkouWallisen Tadashi HattoriDiana CunhaGyesook YooAhmad M. AlghraibehKhodabakhsh AhmadiRichmond AryeeteyCharles O. KimamoStanislava StoyanovaTomasz FrackowiakMałgorzata DobrowolskaPeter HilpertSilvia DonatoKarim Bettachesubject
economic statusmarital satisfactioncollectivistic valuesGeography Planning and DevelopmentTJ807-830BF050109 social psychologySample (statistics)Context (language use)Management Monitoring Policy and LawTD194-195Gross domestic productRenewable energy sourcesReligiosityEmpirical researchchildrenBJHQ0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesGE1-350Socioeconomic statusglobal perspective; marital satisfaction; religion; children; economic status; collectivistic values; gross domestic productEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentgross domestic product (GDP)05 social sciencesVariance (accounting)global perspective ; marital satisfaction ; religion ; children ; economic status ; collectivistic values ; gross domestic product (GDP)Settore M-PSI/05 - PSICOLOGIA SOCIALECountry of originEnvironmental sciences050902 family studiesreligionglobal perspective0509 other social sciencesDemographydescription
Across the world, millions of couples get married each year. One of the strongest predictors of whether partners will remain in their relationship is their reported satisfaction. Marital satisfaction is commonly found to be a key predictor of both individual and relational well-being. Despite its importance in predicting relationship longevity, there are relatively few empirical research studies examining predictors of marital satisfaction outside of a Western context. To address this gap in the literature and complete the existing knowledge about global predictors of marital satisfaction, we used an open-access database of self-reported assessments of self-reported marital satisfaction with data from 7178 participants representing 33 di erent countries. The results showed that sex, age, religiosity, economic status, education, and cultural values were related, to various extents, to marital satisfaction across cultures. However, marriage duration, number of children, and gross domestic product (GDP) were not found to be predictors of marital satisfaction for countries represented in this sample. While 96% of the variance of marital satisfaction was attributed to individual factors, only 4% was associated with countries. Together, the results show that individual di erences have a larger influence on marital satisfaction compared to the country of origin. Findings are discussed in terms of the advantages of conducting studies on large cross-cultural samples.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-23 | Sustainability |