Naslov
Correlates of subjective global marital satisfaction in women

Autori
Obradović, Josip ; Čudina-Obradović, Mira

Izvornik
Društvena istraživanja (1330-0288) 9 (2000), 1; 41-65

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
marriage quality; global marital satisfaction; marriage satisfaction; sexual intimacy

Sažetak
Seven hundred and seventy marriage couples in the City of Zagreb were included in the study of potential predictors of marriage satisfaction. Marriage satisfaction was defined as a global feeling of satisfaction in marriage (measured by 1 item five-point scale), and only wife's marital satisfaction was measured. Seventy-seven potential predictors grouped in 5 blocks were entered in two hierarchical regressions. The blocks were: premarital partners' characteristics, both partners' perception of marital processes, objective and subjective economic status of the family, objective marital characteristics and out-of-marriage influences. Five blocks of predicts explained 47% of dependent variable, with the block marriage processes contributing the most. The most important predictors of wife's global marital satisfaction proved to be wife's perception of sexual intimacy in marriage, love for husband, feeling of being loved by husband, but also, husband's perception of sexual intimacy in marriage, and his smaller participation in raising children and involvement in strategic decision making.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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