DETERMINANTS OF MARITAL SATISFACTION - A COMPARISON OF THE UNITED-STATES AND JAPAN
DETERMINANTS OF MARITAL SATISFACTION - A COMPARISON OF THE UNITED-STATES AND JAPAN
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DOI：
10.1177/0265407593104005
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发表时间：
1993-11-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
KAMO, Y
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作者：
KAMO, Y
过去的文献，主要是基于美国的数据，表明婚姻的满意度是由每个配偶从婚姻互动中获得的回报决定的，而不是由社会经济特征决定的。本研究采用对比调查的方法，分析了美国和日本配偶在婚姻满意度决定因素方面的异同。据估计，在美国，婚姻的表达（互动）方面更重要，而在日本，婚姻的工具（社会经济）方面更重要。结果表明，决定因素在每个国家的丈夫和妻子之间是相似的，在两国之间略有不同，主要是在预期的方式。丈夫的收入对日本配偶来说很重要，但对美国配偶来说则不然。在美国，年龄与婚姻满意度呈负相关，但在日本则不然。与人们的预期相反，婚姻互动的回报在这两个国家同样重要。不同国家对婚姻的不同理想和观念部分地解释了这些差异。
Past literature, mostly based on US data, indicates that satisfaction with marriage is determined by each spouse's rewards from marital interactions but not by socioeconomic characteristics. To examine the differences and similarities between American and Japanese spouses in the determinants of marital satisfaction, comparative survey data are analyzed in this study. It was expected that expressive (interaction) aspects of marriage are more important in the United States and instrumental (socioeconomic) aspects more in Japan. Results indicate that determinants are similar between husbands and wives within each country and somewhat different between the two countries, largely in the expected way. The husband's income is important for Japanese spouses but not for the American. Age has a negative relationship to marital satisfaction in the United States but not in Japan. Rewards from marital interactions are equally important in these two countries, contrary to the expectation. Different ideals and conceptions about marriage in each country partly explain these differences.