Global Perspective on Marital Satisfaction
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Global perspective Marital satisfaction Religion Children Economic status Collectivistic values Gross domestic product (GDP)
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2020-10-23Referencia bibliográfica
Dobrowolska, M., Groyecka-Bernard, A., Sorokowski, P., Randall, A. K., Hilpert, P., Ahmadi, K., ... & Sorokowska, A. (2020). Global perspective on marital satisfaction. Sustainability, 12(21), 8817. [doi:10.3390/su12218817]
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Research Center for the College of Education, King Saud University; NIR project N 01201370995Abstract
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.