How happy are married people? Psychological indicators of marital satisfaction of married men and women in Gauteng Province, South Africa
How happy are married people? Psychological indicators of marital satisfaction of married men and women in Gauteng Province, South Africa
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已婚人士有多幸福？
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2013
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N. Ndlovu
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S. Erhabor;N. Ndlovu
本文的目的是首先确定男性和女性在婚姻满意度和其他心理变量（如沟通、述情障碍和心理健康）上的得分差异，其次，确定研究变量（包括性别、沟通、述情障碍和心理健康）是否会预测婚姻满意度。采用横断面设计，随机抽取500名平均年龄为37岁的已婚男女（SD = 8.98）进行数据采集。研究结果表明，在婚姻满意度量表的4个子量表中，有3个子量表男女之间存在显著差异：二元共识、二元满意度和情感表达，女性得分高于男性；男女在述情障碍量表的一个子量表（外向型思维）上也有显著差异，男性比女性报告更多的外向型思维；在心理健康方面，有两个子量表具有统计学意义：男性对环境的掌握得分更高，女性对自我的接受得分高于男性。双元凝聚力（婚姻满意度）、DDF和DIF（述情障碍）、言语和非言语（沟通）和自主性、个人成长和积极关系（心理健康）等变量在男女之间无显著差异。三个心理变量（性别、沟通、述情障碍和心理健康）均显著预测婚姻满意度，性别差异（模型1）、情感识别困难（模型2）、言语沟通（模型3）和积极关系（模型4）显著预测婚姻满意度。根据研究结果提出了建议。
The aims of this paper were to first establish the difference in scores of men and women on marital satisfaction and other psychological variables such as communication, alexithymia and psychological wellbeing and secondly, to establish whether the study variables - including gender, communication, alexithymia and psychological wellbeing will predict marital satisfaction. Based on a cross-sectional design, data was collected from a random sample of 500 married men and women with mean age of 37 years (SD = 8.98). Results of the study show that there were significant differences between men and women on three of the four subscales of the marital satisfaction scale: dyadic consensus, dyadic satisfaction and affectional expression with women scoring higher than men; there was also a significant difference between men and women on only one subscale (externally oriented thinking) of the alexithymia scale with men reporting more on externally oriented thinking than women; On psychological wellbeing, two of the subscales were statistically significant: environmental mastery with men scoring higher and self-acceptance with women scoring higher than men. Variables such as dyadic cohesion (marital satisfaction), DDF and DIF (alexithymia), verbal and non-verbal (communication) and autonomy, personal growth and positive relations (psychological wellbeing) were not significant between males and females. All three psychological variables (gender, communication, alexithymia and psychological wellbeing significantly predicted marital satisfaction and sex difference (model 1) difficulty in identifying feelings (model 2), verbal communication (model 3) and positive relations (model 4) were significant predictors of marital satisfaction. Recommendations were made in light of the findings of the study.