Cultural influences on the determinants of marital satisfaction

已经确定了许多婚姻满意度的预测因素。然而，目前的研究中仍然存在三个主要问题，我们试图通过本项目来解决：1)在大多数研究中，只有一两个预测因素同时被检查，对预测因素的相互作用和相对重要性知之甚少。2)大多数研究以学生为参与者，尚不清楚结果是否适用于已婚夫妇。几乎所有的研究都是在西方工业国家进行的。人们对不基于浪漫理想的婚姻满意度的预测知之甚少。在这个项目中，文化决定因素对婚姻满意度的预测将使用婚姻功能的综合模型进行分析。14个国家的数据收集工作已经完成。选择20多个国家，以最大限度地提高人类发展，个人主义，权力距离和男子气概（Hofstede, 2001）。该项目的目标是根据文化差异的既定维度，对婚姻功能的预测因素进行系统的跨文化比较。

Many predictors of marital satisfaction have been identified. However, there are still three major problems in current research that we try to solve by the present project: 1) in most studies only one or two predictors of marital satisfaction are examined simultaneously, very little is known about interactions and the relative importance of the predictors. 2) Most studies used students as participants and it is not clear whether results generalize to committed, married couples. 3) Almost all studies are conducted in Western industrial countries. Little is known about predictors of marital satisfaction in marriages that are not based on romantic ideals. In this project cultural determinants on predictors of marital satisfaction will be analyzed using an integrative model of marital functioning. . Data collection in 14 countries is already completed. Twenty more countries are selected to maximize the variance on the dimensions human development, individualism, power distance and masculinity (Hofstede, 2001). The goal of this project is to offer a systematic intercultural comparison of the predictors of marital functioning according to established dimensions of cultural differences.